Tag Archive: schaeffer

Feb
03

Not little or big people

This week I’m preaching through my first ever sermon series – it’s on 1 Corinthians, a great book to begin my ministry with! What I’ve been struck by is the fact that in God’s Church there are no little people, and no big people.  That is, there are no little people who lack any spiritual …

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Apr
17

Schaeffer on the Unease of the Next Generation

Over at the Sola Panel, Andrew Barry has written a gracious and thoughtful short piece on some of the dangers in the current wave of Unease in the Next Generation.  If you haven’t read them, can I encourage you to.  In fact, I think they are applicable to the current generation too! From the many …

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Jan
14

Doug Groothuis on Schaeffer

Douglas R. Groothuis reviews two recent Schaeffer biographies (which I haven’t yet read) and provides an interesting commentary on how Schaeffer speaks to contemporary society as it looks for “authenticity”: “I fear that the younger generation of evangelicals do not know enough about the remarkable life and achievements of Francis Schaefer; instead they are opting …

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Oct
19

Do Not Be Afraid of Past Sins Remembered

This is a letter from Francis A. Schaeffer to Eleanore, she was a radical student in the 1960′s.  She has moved from drugs, to free sex, to terrorist politics, to Eastern religion.  She tried everything before coming to Christ, and now her past ideas and actions are giving her a sense of grief and guilt.  This …

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Sep
04

Francis Schaeffer Video – A Christian Manifesto

“Where have all the Bible-believing Christians been in the last 40 years?” asks Schaeffer. This snippet of video is from his “A Christian Manifesto” sermon preached only a few years before his death. You can really appreciate his passion and zeal for God, and His creation! What an encouragement and exhortation to live for Christ …

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Aug
18

No Little People

From Francis Schaeffer’s No Little People: “We must remember throughout our lives that in God’s sight there are no little people and no little places. Only one thing is important: to be consecrated persons in God’s place for us, at each moment.”