The meaning of the word “Christian” has been reduced to practically nothing. Surely, there is no word that has been so devalued unless it is the word “God” itself.
— Francis Schaeffer
Humanism
Humanism is the defiant denial of the God who is there, with man defiantly set up in the place of God as the measure of all things.
— Francis Schaeffer
Uniqueness of Christianity
The primary emphasis of biblical Christianity is the teaching that the infinite-personal God is the ultimate reality, the Creator of all else, and that an individual can come openly to the holy God upon the basis of the finished work of Christ and that alone.
— Francis Schaeffer
Truth
We must stress that the basis for our faith is neither experience nor emotion but the truth as God has given it in verbalized, prepositional form in the Scripture and which we first of all apprehend with our minds.
— Francis Schaeffer
Sorrow
Our trusting the Lord does not mean that there are not times of tears. I think it is a mistake as Christians to act as though trusting the Lord and tears are not compatible.
— Francis Schaeffer
