“Politics is nothing but an expression of culture. Politics doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s a reflection of the fundamental beliefs and habits of a people. “If things are going astray, who do we blame? Us,” Colson said.

Chuck Colson doesn’t blame Hollywood, the media, greedy businesspeople or even liberal politics for the decline of the United States over the last 30 years. Instead, he blames the Church.

“If American culture goes down, the Church that has probably been the richest and most blessed in human history, and has done the least with it. … The blood will be on our hands,” he said. “It’s very clear Scripturally, is it not? Isn’t it clear in Scripture that it starts with us?”

Colson was among the featured speakers at the 2010 National Conference on Christian Apologetics Oct. 15-16 in Charlotte, N.C. The annual event is hosted by Southern Evangelical Seminary and drew approximately 2,000 participants from across the country.

In praise of the conference, Colson said he usually speaks at a conference or to a group only once, but has participated in the last four years of the Christian Apologetics event.

“I come back year after year because it’s one of the best conferences,” he said.

“I have found year after year at this conference that people are really serious about their faith, and it’s one of the places where those of us who have a deep passion about what’s happening in the world and can share our hearts with you and know that you are going to do something with it.”

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