We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But the humanist world view with inevitable certainty leads in the direction of statism. This is so because humanists, having no god, must put something at the center, and it is inevitably society, government, or the state.
Francis SchaefferIf there is no absolute moral standard, then one cannot say in a final sense that anything is right or wrong.
Francis SchaefferThe overall way of thinking in the United States has shifted away from basic Biblical values, and the media share in the responsibility for this change.
Francis SchaefferThe ordinary Christian with the Bible in his hand can say that the majority is wrong.
Francis SchaefferIn fact, philosophy is universal in scope. No man can live without a world view; therefore, there is no man who is not a philosopher.
Francis SchaefferBut the fact that Christ as the bridegroom brings forth fruit through me as the bride, through the agency of the indwelling Holy Spirit by faith, opens the way for me as a Christian to begin to know in the present life the reality of the supernatural. This is where the Christian is to live. Doctrine is important, but it is not an end in itself. There is to be an experiential reality, moment by moment.
Francis Schaeffer