Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

Chuck Holson often said that Christianity is more than a relationship with Jesus.

Well, it isn't less than that, to be sure.

One of the most amazing things about God's posture toward us is that he not only reveals his will, he reveals

himself, especially in Christ Jesus, and he relates to us and with us personally, loving us,

forgiving us, leading us. But while Christianity is personal, it is not private. It makes claims

about all of reality, most notably that Jesus Christ is

Lord of all. Christianity cannot be reduced to some therapeutic or pragmatic formula. It is to be

lived out publicly, too, which is another way of saying that followers of Christ have to embrace

that Jesus Christ is Lord over all of reality.

Chuck Colson founded the Colson Center to help Christians cultivate this kind of robust,

comprehensive Christian worldview, so that the challenges of this cultural moment, which are serious,

could be understood and could be engaged from the bigger story of

reality that's described in Holy Scripture. Colson Fellows, in particular, learn to take

their place in this story through biblically grounded cultural analysis, by discerning how to live

with Christian wisdom and courageous faith, and by effectively advancing

the kingdom in the times and places where God has put them.

Recently, I asked Michael Craven, Vice President of Equipping and Mobilization at the

Colson Center, to describe what the Colson Fellows program is really like.

Here's Michael.

It's a 10-month program begins July 1st every year. It concludes

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