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Truth demands confrontation. It must be loving confrontation, but there must be confrontation nonetheless.

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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Confrontation
Demands
Loving
Demand
Truth
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