You're listening to the Breakpoint podcast. My name is Wayne Stender product manager here at Breakpoint,

and I'm excited to share with you a special presentation of Chuck Paulson's testimony, as told by Chuck

Colson. This was something that we talked about on Friday on Breakpoint, and I'm excited to share

with you the full recording of the testimony in light of us closing out our Wilberforce weekend this past weekend.

The Wilberforce Weekend's theme was a life redeemed, and Chuck's story is truly the story of a man

whose life was redeemed not only from something, but two and for something. Here's Chuck

Colson on the Breakpoint podcast sharing his testimony. I was the first person in my family who would go to college.

I thought if I could get to college and I want a scholarship to Brown University,

and when I got through there, it was time for me to go into the military

because the Korean War was raging, and so I became a lieutenant in the Marines

and rose very rapidly.

I'd won honors in school.

I think everything I ever did in my life I was successful out.

I went to law school nights while I was working as an assistant to a United States

Senator.

At one point, Newsweek wrote about me as the youngest, youngest administrative assistant

to a United States Senate.

I think I was 28. And ran campaigns, loved it, started a law firm, great success. Got to know Richard Nixon in 1968 when he was elected president. He asked me to come. I was at that point left a law practice, which was making a lot of money, and went into his administration as his special

counsel.

I had kind of an open portfolio.

I was the guy that advised him on lots of the political things.

It was a very exciting thing because I arrived in his office when I was 38 years old, and my office

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