Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves

Quote by Francis Schaeffer

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I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as...

I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as...

Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel...

Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel...

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

If we don't show our love to one another the world has a right to...

If we don't show our love to one another the world has a right to...

The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true...

The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true...

In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute...

In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute...

Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point...

Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point...

I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than...

I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than...

Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life.

Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life.

Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched

Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched

The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater...

The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids...

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man...

Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man...

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is...

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is...

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when,...

Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when,...

Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse.

Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse.

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a...

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a...

Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has landed, you might say in...

Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has landed, you might say in...

The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions

The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions