I will always remember Francis Schaeffer as an evangelist who studied the contemporary culture (especially the 'leading edges' of it) in order to be able to speak to his generation. His own testimony of this method was that of love for the unbeliever. In other words, he believed and practiced that in order to speak to unbelievers, one must love them enough to learn the language they speak, to understand the thought-forms that shaped their world view, and then patiently, lovingly, to take the roof off (expose the inconsistency) of those thought-forms and paradigms.

I do not believe that he was logically rigorous, or always consistent in his method. I do believe his love for the unbeliever to be the most commendable portion of his "legacy".

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Rev. Todd Ruddell
Pastor, Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCGA)
Wylie, TX
www.christcovenantreformedpc.org

Our best marks can contribute nothing to our justification, ...that is proper to faith. Faith cannot lodge in the soul alone, and without other graces; yet faith alone justifies before God.--G. Gillespie