Christian Quotes by Francis Schaeffer

Jesus taught that the mark of the Christian is the observable love shown among all true believers.

— Francis Schaeffer

Christian art today should be twentieth-century art.

— Francis Schaeffer

The ordinary Christian with the Bible in his hand can say that the majority is wrong.

— Francis Schaeffer

If Christians win a battle by using worldly means, they have really lost.

— Francis Schaeffer

In God's world the individual counts. Therefore, Christian art should deal with the individual.

— Francis Schaeffer

The Christian in the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars.

— Francis Schaeffer

The church's or Christian group's methods are as important as its message.

— Francis Schaeffer

This is not an age in which to be a soft Christian.

— Francis Schaeffer

The arbitrary division between church and state... is used, as an easily identifiable rallying point, to subdue the opinions of that vast…

— Francis Schaeffer

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty…

— Francis Schaeffer

Modern man has not only thrown away Christian theology, he has thrown away the possibility of what our forefathers had as a…

— Francis Schaeffer

The overall way of thinking in the United States has shifted away from basic Biblical values, and the media share in the…

— Francis Schaeffer

The one thing the media abhors almost without exception is anyone who takes a firm stand on any issue out of religious…

— Francis Schaeffer

The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is…

— Francis Schaeffer

The great distinction of a true Christian is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. How careful should he be, lest anything in…

— Francis Schaeffer

Our trusting the Lord does not mean that there are not times of tears. I think it is a mistake as Christians…

— Francis Schaeffer

The modern concept of separation is an argument for a total separation of religion from the state. The consequence of the acceptance…

— Francis Schaeffer

But the fact that Christ as the bridegroom brings forth fruit through me as the bride, through the agency of the indwelling…

— Francis Schaeffer

In two areas above all others the Christian demonstration of love and communication stands clear: in the area of the Christian couple…

— Francis Schaeffer

Preaching the gospel without the Holy Spirit is to miss the entire point of the command of Jesus Christ for our era.…

— Francis Schaeffer

Isolating the student from large sections of human knowledge is not the basis of a Christian education. Rather it is giving him…

— Francis Schaeffer

“What a Christian portrays in his art is the totality of life. Art is not to be a vehicle for self-conscious evangelism.…

— Francis Schaeffer

Today the separation of church and state is America is used to silence the church... The way the concept is used today…

— Francis Schaeffer

We as Bible-believing evangelical Christians are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly gentleman's discussion. It is a life and…

— Francis Schaeffer

They are equal reality. They are two streams of present reality, both equally promised. The Christian dead are already with Christ now,…

— Francis Schaeffer

Sadly enough, there is a kind of an anti-intellectualism among many Christians: spirituality is falsely pitted against intellectual comprehension as though they…

— Francis Schaeffer

It is not enough for the Church to be engaged with the State in healing social ills, though this is important at…

— Francis Schaeffer

As evangelical Christians, we have tended to relegate art to the very fringe of life. The rest of human life we feel…

— Francis Schaeffer

Christians, of all people, should not be destroyers. We should treat nature with an overwhelming respect. We may cut down a tree…

— Francis Schaeffer

Man is indeed lost, but that does not mean that he is nothing. We must resist humanism, but to make a man…

— Francis Schaeffer

We [Christians] have the dilemma of using a symbol system that was not made for our worldview, to give our worldview... I…

— Francis Schaeffer

In face of this modern nihilism, Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold…

— Francis Schaeffer

Ours is a post-Christian world in which Christianity, not only in the number of Christians but in cultural emphasis and cultural result,…

— Francis Schaeffer

This shift from the Judeo-Christian basis for law and the shift away from the restraints of the Constitution automatically militates against religious…

— Francis Schaeffer

Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful - Christian community is…

— Francis Schaeffer

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions.…

— Francis Schaeffer

The command is to love him, not just to think about him, or do things for him. We are not to stop…

— Francis Schaeffer

The purpose of apologetics is not just to win an argument or a discussion, but that people with whom we are in…

— Francis Schaeffer

Today the separation of church and state in America is used to silence the church. When Christians speak out on issues, the…

— Francis Schaeffer

There is a sad myth going around today - the myth of neutrality. According to this myth, the secular world gives every…

— Francis Schaeffer