Man 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 SchaefferTruth carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation; loving confrontation, but confrontation nevertheless.
Francis SchaefferIf God exists and we are made in his image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge through what he has communicated to us.
Francis SchaefferIn God's world the individual counts. Therefore, Christian art should deal with the individual.
Francis SchaefferIgnorance is in relationship to content; it is not just a spirit of ignorance. In verse 21 it speaks of "the truth in Jesus." Truth is content, truth has something to do with reason. Truth has something to do with the rational creature that God has made us. The dilemma here in the internal world is not just some sort of grey fog, it is in relationship to content.
Francis Schaeffer