No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.
Francis SchaefferI 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 SchaefferIf man is not made in the image of God, nothing then stands in the way of inhumanity. There is no good reason why mankind should be perceived as special. Human life is cheapened. We can see this in many of the major issues being debated in our society today.
Francis SchaefferHow should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an artist by setting out to make a work of art.
Francis SchaefferMan is indeed lost, but that does not mean that he is nothing. We must resist humanism, but to make a man a zero is not the right way to resist it ... [The] Christian position is that man is made in the image of God and even though he is now a sinner, he can do things that are tremendous - he can influence history for this life and the life to come, for himself and for others...From the biblical viewpoint, man is lost, but great.
Francis Schaeffer