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I am afraid that as evangelicals, we think that a work of art only has value if we reduce it to a tract.

Francis Schaeffer

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Francis Schaeffer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 30
Died: 1984
Died: May 15
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Germantown
Philadelphia
Francis August Schaeffer
Francis A. Schaeffer
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