I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.
Francis SchaefferThe moral absolutes rest upon God's character. The moral commands He has given to men are an expression of His character. Men as created in His image are to live by choice on the basis of what God is. The standards of morality are determined by what conforms to His character, while those things which do not conform are immoral.
Francis SchaefferArt is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.
Francis SchaefferMost people do not realize that there was a paid chaplain in Congress even before the Revolutionary War ended.
Francis SchaefferSo our building of the visible Church becomes much like any natural business function, using natural means and natural motives.
Francis SchaefferIsolating the student from large sections of human knowledge is not the basis of a Christian education. Rather it is giving him or her the framework for total truth, rooted in the Creator's existence and in the Bible's teaching, so that in each step of the formal learning process the student will understand what is true and what is false and why it is true or false.
Francis Schaeffer