"There is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or compassion."
Information
- Affiliation:
- L'Abri
- Location:
- Huemoz-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
- Birthday:
- January 30, 1912
Notes
Bill McBrayer Reading "The Schaeffers of L'ABRI" in Robert Booth Fowler's, "A New Engagement."
Rick Pearcey A question for pastors and congregants -- what kinds of challenges have you faced in trying to apply Schaeffer's Biblical insights to your churches and ministries? Feel free to answer here, or email pearcey@thepearceyreport.com.
Amy Harvey
CALL FOR ARTISTS
"Great Works From Small Beginnings - A Small Works Show"
My church "Woods Chapel Bible Fellowship" is conducting an art show during their Christmas Eve service. I am looking for artists to create a work, 8x10 finished size or smaller, to be silent auctioned that evening - the 24th of December. The theme ...is "The Love Of Christ". The idea is to get meaningful artwork displayed in homes, either as a gift or personal statement of faith. The works can be done in any medium - including sculpture and ceramics; the size is the only restriction. The proceeds of the show would go to the support of a Romanian missionary that would really be blessed by this donation. The deadline for delivery of the work would be Friday, December the 11th, so that the show could be hung that Saturday the 12th. This would give the work a few weeks exposure for viewing. You would receive a tax write-off for the donation.
Please respond if you are interested in participating in any way.
Rick Pearcey
Nancy & I say "thank you" to Fran & Edith Schaeffer f/L'Abri Fellowship http://www.pearceyreport.com/archives/20
Dan Roché I had the good fortune of staying with the Schaeffer’s for a few months in ’69. L’Abri was an incredible place at that time. Os was doing some of the lectures, Udo was brilliant, and, just as Frank recounts, John was one of the kindest people you’d ever want to meet. Barry did a lot of the public speaking too. I met so...me great people there, and just located one of them after 40 years! In spite of the disrespect I think Frank shows toward his Dad and the work done at L’Abri, that small community changed the Evangelical world. When the History of Christianity is written hundreds of years from now, Francis Schaeffer and his work at L’Abri will be definitely mentioned.
Harvey All Gospel Man Conference audio is free ... in case you missed it ... here: http://thegospelman.com/audio/index.html ... 19 talks from 3 conferences. Dick Keyes is speaking in Atlanta at the next Grace & Men event on March 6-7, 2010. Our events are an application, Lord willing, of FS's "True Spirituality".
Eric Thank you Dr. Schaeffer for your life, you had a profound impact on me. I had wished that I could have ever met you , but I was too young at the time. Praise the Lord for Francis Schaeffer.
Henry Patino By the way, who should I thank for this awesome idea? Who put this page together?
Henry Patino There is none righteous, no not one! But, through our Great God even the smallest of men can change the course of history. He loves to use the weak to confound the mighty. For, when we are weak then His strength can shine through us. But, when we think our minds have become the measure of all things, we have taken the ...path of the Great Opposer. Even as we speak the time of testing is fast upon us. Judgment begins with the household of God. Prepare. Plant your seed in fertile ground, the earth of humility and a willing heart. Soon the sun will heat and scorch those who have fallen on rocky and shallow earth. The Mahdi shall come riding on Al Buraq, waving the black flag of Khurasan. He shall sit on his white steed with a bow in his hand. He shall conquer the whole world and trample it under his feet. He shall invade the Promised Land.But, he shall be broken and not by human hands. Are we ready?
Henry Patino How clever is the deception of the Enemy! The power of the deluding spirit shall indeed deceive even some of the elect. But in the end "those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightnes of the expanse of heaven and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever." The greatest harv...est of souls that ever was is here today. More people are alive in our planet than have existed in all the generations put together from the time of Firstfather. Upon our shoulders He has placed this awesome responsibility. It is a humbling thought. Will we truly seek the face of God? Will we humble our arrogance and pride? Will we learn to forgive as He has forgiven us? Will we study through the Holy Spirit or our own feeble minds?
Henry Patino Words are inadequate to describe what Schaeffer has done. He is an imperfect man, saved by grace, who sought with courage and intelligence to teach True Truth in a world that reveres the Lie. Were it not for his keen mind and courage to teach us with intelligence and love that Christianity is not the best answer, but t...he only answer, I would not be... Read More serving my precious Savior. I owe him much. May God raise more men like him at this hour in the closing of our Age. The Second Earth shall soon end, when the Lion of Judah roars and the mountains crumble and the valleys are lifted up. Jerusalem shall be the City of Truth.And after I have seen theBranch of David with nail scarred hands, the next that I shall seek will be Dr. Schaeffer.
Bill Harris
I read "Crazy for God," by his son, Frank. I really enjoyed as it portrayed the great philosopher and theologian as a man with faults like us all.
It sounds like Frank, though raised by his famous dad, is not sure what to really believe anymore. I can identify with that, as I approach 50. In my twenties, I was dogmatic... and so sure of what I believed.
I don't consider myself a man of god, or a man of great faith, but one who struggles to understand the mysteries of this life.
I can appreciate when Christian celebrities expose their own struggles with faith, and almost hate the elevation that religious factions, movements, and individuals give them. It seems many people are hoping to find someone who can help them believe the things that can't be seen, when these individuals like Schaeffer can't really understand them either, but step out in faith, even if they might be wrong.
Jerry From whom our son Isaac takes his middle name "Schaeffer" (two weeks old yesterday). May the Lord be ever pleased to make Isaac a great servant of our God and King Jesus Christ. A servant with a passion not unlike Francis Schaeffer's.
