It is difficult to take Mr. Schaeffer outside of the context of L'Abri and evangelism -- radical hospitality was at the core of what he was about and bringing "honest answers to honest questions."

After reading a lot of philosophy, and many liberal and neo-orthodox theologians, I was introduced to the Schaeffer books and came to Christ as a result. He brought God's truth to the questions that had been surging in me, and did so in a straight-forward way that was neither condescending nor making things "intellectual" by twisting God's truth into nebulous, complicated extremes (my take on folks like Martin Buber).

We incorporated the How Should We Then Live book and film series into our home schooling one year, and re-watched Whatever Happened to the Human Race. Although some of the examples might have seemed dated, the guy was right on. It is almost eerie to see how society marched down the paths he warned were coming.

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JWithnell
Member Bethel OPC
Virginia