Francis Schaeffer Quotes

"Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world."
- Francis Schaeffer
(Related: Compassion, World)

"The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result."
- Francis Schaeffer
(Related: Life, Christian, Act, First, Loss, Result, Spirituality)

"I 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 Schaeffer
(Related: Sin)

"I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution."
- Francis Schaeffer
(Related: Persecution, Poison)

"Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting."
- Francis Schaeffer
(Related: Thought, Church, Language, Responsibility)

"Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves."
- Francis Schaeffer
(Related: Living)

"Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life."
- Francis Schaeffer
(Related: Life, Christianity)

"Christianity is the greatest intellectual system the mind of man has ever touched."
- Francis Schaeffer
(Related: Christianity, Man, Mind)