In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
About Francis Schaeffer
Francis August Schaefferwas an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L’Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, nee Seville, a prolific author in her own right.
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I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship – and not as ends in themselves.
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)