Spiritual adultery, physical adultery

“The Old Testament says that if God’s people turn away in spiritual adultery, it will not be long until the following generations are engaged in physical adultery, for the two things go hand in hand. . . . Our generation proves this with overwhelming force.  Let there be spiritual adultery and it will not be long until physical adultery sprouts like toadstools in the land.  In the 1930s liberalism took over almost all the churches in the United States, and in the 1960s our generation is sick with promiscuous sex.  It is the same in Britain and other countries.  These things are not unrelated; they are cause and effect.”

~ Francis A. Schaeffer

Loving confrontation

"Truth demands confrontation. It must be loving confrontation, but there must be confrontation nonetheless." - Francis Schaeffer

Guilty about sin

I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did ~ Francis Schaeffer

The greatest marriage

"Sometimes the greatest deterrent to a great marriage is believing you have a perfect marriage." ~ Francis Schaeffer

Man's rebellion

"The beginning of man's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart." ~ Francis Schaeffer

Camouflage

We have traded Biblical armor for camouflage. ~ Francis Schaeffer

Christianity provides a...

Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life. ~ Francis Schaeffer

Freedom is doing what is right

Freedom is not being able to do what you want,Freedom is doing what is right ! ~ Francis Schaeffer

What will the church will be saying in seven years?

"Tell me what the world is saying today, and I'll tell you what the church will be saying in seven years." ~ Francis Schaeffer

The greatest intellectual system

“Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched” ~ Francis Scheaffer

We need to defend truth

"the great issue is truth. We need to defend truth," ~ Francis Schaeffer

Men turn away

"Men turn away in order not to bow down before the God who is there." ~ Francis Schaeffer

Every abortion clinic in American should...

"Every abortion clinic in American should have this sign over it: 'Here by permission of the church in this community.'" ~ Francis Schaeffer

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world ~ Francis Schaeffer

Soft days for evangelical Christians are past

"Soft days for evangelical Christians are past, and only a strong view of Scripture is sufficient." ~ Francis Schaeffer

The love of God without the holiness of God

“If we stress the love of God without the holiness of God, it turns out only to be compromise.' ~ Francis Schaeffer

The Reformation

At its core...the Reformation was the removing of the humanistic distortions which had entered the church. ~ Francis Schaeffer

Pluralistic Secularism

“I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.” ~ Francis Schaeffer

The Christian life

"The Christian life is to be a thing of truth and also a thing of beauty in the midst of a lost and despairing world." ~ Francis Schaeffer

True spirituality

"True spirituality consists in living moment to moment by the grace of Jesus Christ." ~ Francis Schaeffer