All Francis Schaeffer Quotes
- But the dignity of human life is unbreakably linked to the existence of the personal-infinite God. It is because there is a personal-infinite God who… Arbitrarily
- The ancients were afraid that if they went to the end of the earth they would fall off and be consumed by dragons. But once… Afraid
- A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise… Art
- How should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an artist by setting… Art
- Christian art today should be twentieth-century art. Art
- In God's world the individual counts. Therefore, Christian art should deal with the individual. Art
- In face of this modern nihilism, Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold on to the… Among
- ‎People have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual looks at life- his worldview. The grid through which he sees the… Bases
- Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society, the way that a child catches the measles. But people with understanding realize that… Careful
- As my son Frankie put it, Humanism has changed the Twenty-third Psalm: They began - I am my shepherd. Then - Sheep are my shepherd.… Began
- The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the old Roman Catholicism or the new Roman Catholicism, nor the threat of… Age
- 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… Autonomous
- We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his art work junk simply because we differ with his outlook… Art
- A compassionate open home is part of Christian responsibility, and should be practiced up to the level of capacity. Capacity
- If man is not made in the image of God, nothing then stands in the way of inhumanity. There is no good reason why mankind… Abortion
- One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary. Ask
- I am afraid that as evangelicals, we think that a work of art only has value if we reduce it to a tract. Afraid
- Christianity is not just involved with "salvation", but with the total man in the total world. The Christian message begins with the existence of God… Begin
- Christian art is the expression of the whole life of the whole person as a Christian. What a Christian portrays in his art is the… Art
- Truth carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation; loving confrontation, but confrontation nevertheless. Carries