Until his death in , he was also a noted speaker with a worldwide ministry. His ministry continues through his books, with over two million copies in print. James W. Sire Ph. He has taught English, philosophy, theology and short courses at many universities and seminaries. He continues to be a frequent guest lecturer in the United States and Europe. His most recent books are Praying the Psalms of Jesus. Home Academic Apologetic General.
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Schaeffer offers a stirring vision on how the loss of God affects every area of life. Unfortunately, the devil is in the details. Schaeffer fundamentally misrepresents ev I first read this book in and it was the primer that got me into apologetics and philosophy.
Schaeffer fundamentally misrepresents every philosopher and group with whom he deals. There is no intellectual rigor whatsoever. Schaeffer sees himself broadly within the tradition of Cornelius Van Til, but he is a watered down version of Van Til. For all of Van Til's problems, Van Til knew if you were going to press the antithesis, you were going to press it in the right place.
Schaeffer fails that because he thinks "The Greeks were okay who got reason right. It was Hegel who messed it up and introduced irrationality.
Above the line there is absolutes whether they are sufficiently justified. The Positive Case for Christian Theism God is personal and in creating man in his own image, man is personal God placed his revelation in history, and in doing so made it verifiable The Nature of Proof Epistemology 1 A theory must be non-contradictory and explain the phenomena in question. And he saw the current problems on transgenderism, transhumanism, and Cultural Marxism.
His zeal for evangelism is contagious and he knew how important communication was While Schaeffer fundamentally misreads Hegel, he does get the dialectical methodology of Marx correct He has some very good analyses of art history.
The Bad Schaeffer had a tendency to make sweeping surveys on philosophy. Sometimes they were misleading. Other times they were just false. Truth, in the sense of antithesis, is related to the idea of cause and effect. Cause and effect produces a chain reaction which goes on in a horizontal line. With the coming of Hegel, all this changed Hegel proposed from now on let us think in this way; instead of thinking in terms of cause and effect, what we really have is a thesis, and opposite is an antithesis, and the answer to their relationship is not in the horizontal movement of cause and effect, but the answer is always synthesis Hegel never denigrated logic.
Plato and Aristotle might have, but one doubts that Heraclitus or the Sophists did. This book is rightly considered a 20th century classic. Despite its intellectual gaffes, it did get evangelicals thinking about worldview issues. Schaeffer was key in rallying evangelicals to the pro-life cause. For that we are grateful. But the apologist cannot stop with Schaeffer.
Metaphysics and epistemology, which Schaeffer left undeveloped, have advanced light years. View 1 comment. Nov 10, David Shane rated it really liked it.
God is really there - not as a helpful psychological construct but really, a real personality who is truly alive and acts and acted in real, verifiable space-time history as certainly as I sit here typing now. And "God" - the word is not up to our definition but refers to the God revealed in the Bible, this is the God who is there.
In a culture that imagines an impassable chasm to exist between faith and reason, the objective reality of this truth must precede anything else we wish to say or our words will be completely misunderstood. So that's the big idea. How do you get there? Schaeffer contends that Christianity is a complete, livable system - and the dominant philosophy we encounter in other men is not.
When the rational and faith were separated, when God was cut out of the picture, many of the most important concepts we discuss and value - morality, personality, purpose, became figments, or shadows of their former selves, if they could still be believed in at all. One of the more interesting parts of the book to me was where Schaeffer traced out the repercussions of this separation as it moved from the realm of the philosophers down into music and art.
From the idea that life is random and chance came musicians and artists who used random methods to create their music and art - Jackson Pollock most well known, perhaps. And yet, though their philosophy tells men these things are figments, they live as though they are not. And so the first task of an evangelist is to "blow the roof off", to show men the real conclusions of their beliefs, conclusions they themselves could not live with.
After this the evangelist may talk about our guilt before God and the necessity of faith - but ALWAYS making it clear what he means by guilt, and what he means by God, and what he means by faith, as the world has forgotten that reason and reality and faith go together.
And elsewhere, "The Bible insists that truth is one - and it is almost the sole surviving system in our generation that does. We've spent all this time talking about how the world doesn't, really can't, live in consistency with its presuppositions about life - but are we Christians? When man fell, he says, we were separated from God, separated from ourselves the psychological problems of life , separated from others the sociological problems of life , and separated from nature.
The work of Christ does not cure all of these problems completely in this life, but should bring substantial healing, healing the world can see - "behold how they love each other" the Romans said. Do the Americans say it today? And perhaps, he says at the very end, Christians should be the most "human" people you ever meet. Because we know who God is really , and so we know what humans are really , how we are special and different, created uniquely in the image of God, what we are meant to be.
So let us live lives that reflect that. Oct 20, Lee Ferron rated it it was amazing. Read this book! Schaeffer gives his unique analysis of philosophical, socio-cultural and theological trends over the last years, emphasizing Christendom's inability to keep pace with the rapid and sometimes confusing changes. The Christian's solution: to engage the hurting person at the exact point where his epistemological foundation collides with his sense of despair. He fleshes this out practically in the final few chapters and Appendix.
I have yet to encounter a modern-day Christian who Read this book! I have yet to encounter a modern-day Christian who cares equally for the minds, hearts, wills and souls of a lost generation with such skill and compassion. Aug 19, Zach Scheller rated it really liked it Shelves: books. Each chapter you could write an entire book on that subject.
It still amazes me how Schaeffer was an intellectual that had a heart to reach the common man where they were at, and not where he wanted to talk to them from.
I think both intellectuals and Christendom would do well to read both the words he wrote and the exemplified life he lived. Oct 15, Tim Norman rated it really liked it Shelves: favorites. Then, it helped me understand some about the postmodernism that was still only known in pockets of our culture. Reading it today, I'm shocked by how forward-thinking Francis Schaeffer was in the s and 70s. The first half of the book identifies a trend of controlling movements in Western thinking and how these have moved through philosophy, art, theology, and literature.
Schaeffer sees this movement leading humanity to live 'below the line of despair. This latter half ends which some suggestions for the church at the end of the 20th century to learn how to communicate afresh the message of Christianity to the world. Kai Nielsen's Noble Lie]; 3 a semantic mysticism based on connotation words [using metaphysical words that actually have no real meaning]. Jan 27, Ryan Hawkins rated it it was amazing Shelves: theology , apologetics , philosophy.
In the past, I had thought the first 80 pages or so of this book, all the philosophical history, were too boring or just-to-get-through. This time I found them fascinating step by step.
It sets the stage well for the section on how Christianity offers the real answer which evidently This time reading through the trilogy, TGWIT was by far my favorite.
It sets the stage well for the section on how Christianity offers the real answer which evidently is why he organized his book this way That being said, I still think the second half of the book is more helpful than the first.
As a result, I recommend even more than before that people read the book. Oh how I wish Schaeffer was still alive here on earth! A fascinating read. Mar 30, NinaB rated it it was amazing Shelves: recommended , read What a fantastic book! I wish I had read it in college. This was my first Francis Schaeffer book. Though this book was written in , the biblical principles Schaeffer covered in the book are relevant to today as we deal with postmodernism i. Schaeffer's ideas, apologet What a fantastic book!
Schaeffer's ideas, apologetics, christian worldview and application of theology are true to God's Word and integral to evangelicalism. No wonder some of my favorite authors refer to his work often. Many Christians seemed to have, at the least, forgotten, or worse, intentionally ignored, that the Biblical worldview is complete, that through his Word, God "has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, This book reminds us that we can and should take hold of this wonderful, life-giving and hope-building confidence in the God who is there because no other worldview can fundamentally satisfy us.
I look forward to reading Schaeffer's other works. View 2 comments. Schaeffer has been one of my favorite reads in and this book is no different.
Here he walks through the fall of culture and the declining recognition that God is there. This book differs from others of his as he closes with calls for Christians to be proclaimers of the Gospel in the midst of a culture that is opposed to truth and the Word of God.
Apr 02, Danielle McCoin rated it it was amazing. This book aged really well. Nov 03, Cathryn rated it really liked it Shelves: libby , audiobook , christian-living. I really enjoyed my first reading of a philosophical theology book.
It was all very interesting and thought provoking. Jun 22, Tosh Demsey rated it it was amazing. One of the most insightful and challenging books I have ever read. I had to reread some sections and consult the glossary for some definitions, but it was well worth the effort. Schaeffer discusses the shift in the philosophy that has had the detrimental effect of creating a dichotomy between faith and reason. Most people in contemporary society now view the spiritual and the scientific as mutually exclusive whereas our predecessors looked to discover a philosophy that tied the two together.
Sch One of the most insightful and challenging books I have ever read. Schaeffer points out the inconsistencies that are inherent in philosophies and religions other than Christianity. The author asserts that historical Christianity is the only holistic philosophy that ties together faith in God with scientific discoveries and historical events as well as providing a reasonable explanation for the human condition.
Schaeffer also encourages Christians to not get caught up in just trying to win a debate but to always present the truth with genuine love. May 09, David Albon rated it really liked it. This probably deserves 5 stars due to how relevant it remains but I've stuck to 4 mainly because my limited knowledge of particular spheres of life philosophy, history, art, popular culture etc that he referenced meant I could only appreciate on a shallow level what clearly has so much depth.
I hope to come back to this many years from now and experience the full force of what he's saying with a deeper understanding This probably deserves 5 stars due to how relevant it remains but I've stuck to 4 mainly because my limited knowledge of particular spheres of life philosophy, history, art, popular culture etc that he referenced meant I could only appreciate on a shallow level what clearly has so much depth.
I hope to come back to this many years from now and experience the full force of what he's saying with a deeper understanding Aug 05, Cameron Macormic rated it it was amazing Shelves: theology , philosophy , , culture. One great thing about Schaeffer is his clarity of terms. He even includes a glossary at the back of this book. His concern about watering down our preaching of the entire world of God for the sake of fitting in with our current society ring more true today than when these words were written.
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