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Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.

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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The difference between Christian thinking and the non-Christian philosopher has always been at this point. The non-Christian philosopher has always said that man is normal now, but biblical Christianity says he is abnormal now.
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This equation of the impersonal plus time plus chance producing the total configuration of the universe and all that is in it, modern people hold by faith.
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To die is to be with the Lord. It is not just an idea, it is a reality.
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The Lord is the General, and he has the right . . . the sovereign right . . . to put us where he wants in the battle.
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As Christians, we must see that just because an artist-even a great artist-portrays a worldview in writing or on canvas, it does not mean that we should automatically accept that worldview. Good art heightens the impact of that worldview, but it does not make it true.
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In God's world the individual counts. Therefore, Christian art should deal with the individual.
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The ordinary Christian with the Bible in his hand can say that the majority is wrong.
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If there is no final place for civil disobedience, then the government has been made autonomous, and as such, it has been put in the place of the living God.
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If there is no absolute by which to judge society, society is absolute.
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The church's or Christian group's methods are as important as its message.
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Today the separation of church and state in America is used to silence the church. When Christians speak out on issues, the hue and cry from the humanist state and media is that Christians, an all religions, are prohibited from speaking since there is a separation of church and state.
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One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.
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Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society the way a child catches measles.
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Some psychological and sociological conditioning occurs in every man's life and this affects the decisions he makes. But we must resist the modern concept that all sin can be explained merely on the basis of conditioning.
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Any denomination or church group that forsakes inerrancy will end up shipwrecked. It is impossible to prevent the surrender of other important doctrinal teachings of the Word of God when inerrancy is gone.
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