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Francis Schaeffer Quotes: Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society the way a child catches measles.
         

Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society the way a child catches measles.


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

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



If we do not show love to one another, the world has a right to question whether Christianity is true.

If we do not show love to one another, the world has a right to question whether Christianity is true.



One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.

One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.



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

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



The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.



No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.



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

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



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.

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.



Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.

Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.



We must not only be True. We must be Beautiful.

We must not only be True. We must be Beautiful.





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Everything is interconnected. My interest is linked to everyone else's. Our survival and future are linked. Therefore the destruction of your so-called enemy is actually the destruction of your self.

Everything is interconnected. My interest is linked to everyone else's. Our survival and future are linked. Therefore the destruction of your so-called enemy is actually the destruction of your self.



I'm the evil mastermind behind the scenes. I'm the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes you dance. I'm your writer.

I'm the evil mastermind behind the scenes. I'm the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes you dance. I'm your writer.



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To be in the 1% you have to do what the 99% won't.



The Pertinent Question is NOT how to do things right - but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them.

The Pertinent Question is NOT how to do things right - but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them.




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