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Truth carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation loving confrontation, but confrontation nevertheless.

Francis Schaeffer

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Francis Schaeffer
Age: 72 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 30
Died: 1984
Died: May 15
Author
Philosopher
Theologian
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Francis August Schaeffer
Francis A. Schaeffer
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Nevertheless
Demands
Loving
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Truth
Confrontation

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