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Francis Schaeffer Quotes: People drift from generation to generation, and the morally unthinkable becomes thinkable as the years move on.
         

People drift from generation to generation, and the morally unthinkable becomes thinkable as the years move on.


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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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No one has the right to tell me what to do because he has a divine warrant.

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Are you in want of amusement nowadays? Then play a little at the game of getting a living. There was never anything equal to it. Do it temperately, though, and don't sweat.

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When I was 16 years old I led the team in scoring. I would attack, attack, attack and that is something I think you are just born with, I really do.

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Men are thinking, writing, and creating, because women were pouring their energy into those men; women are not creating culture because they are occupied with love.

Men are thinking, writing, and creating, because women were pouring their energy into those men; women are not creating culture because they are occupied with love.



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For what good turn? Messenger: For the best turn of the bed.

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