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Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer: Spiritual Reality in the Personal Christian Life 4 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1986
required reading for fundamentalists
As a young man trying to find his place in the world, I have found Francis Schaeffer to be an indispensable help. His work helped move me from a vague quasi-theism, to a thinking Christianity. Several years later it helped me understand a Biblical christianity in the face of the vague watered down version. And now, as I wrestle with my own fundamentalisms, his experiences are again informing ...
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The Finished Work of Christ: The Truth of Romans 1-8 3 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1998
A clear, cogent, and timely commentary on Romans 1-8.
This book comes several years after Dr. Schaeffer's death in 1984 at the age of 72. It was transcribed and from tapes made of Bible studies on Romans 1-8 in the 1960s and edited. The writing is smooth and clear, despite the unorthodox route to publication. They are not scraping the bottom of the barrel for material. This is vintage Schaeffer. Francis A. Schaeffer is most known as an evangelical ...
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Pollution and the Death of Man5 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1993
Excellent Analysis of Christianity and the Environment
This masterpiece of logical thinking is unequaled in the realm of Christian literature for its conciseness of content and expressiveness of thought. In this book, Schaeffer discusses the Christian approach to the environment and deals with the all-too-common misconceptions peddled by those Christians who are either ignorant of Biblical truth in this area, or are so intent on distancing ...
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Genesis in Space and Time; The Flow of Biblical History (Bible Commentary for Layman)10 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Regal Books, 1972
A truly mind-expanding book
Francis A. Schaeffer (1912-84) was an American Evangelical theologian and philosopher whose works were very influential on Evangelical thinking. In this fascinating book, Dr. Schaeffer takes a look at the first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis, which many Christian thinkers seem to find irrelevant to a truly Christian worldview. On the contrary, Dr. Schaeffer shows that the early history of ...
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The Church at the end of the twentieth century2 reviews
Francis A Schaeffer
Norfolk Press, 1970
A Nice Alternative to Contemporary Methodologies
There is a vast plethora of writers out there telling us how to do Christianity better, but few penetrate to the crux of the disease that underlies the symptoms that they are treating as well as Francis Schaeffer. Scripture shows us that how we view the world, what we know, affects who we are, our character, out of which we act. Rather than merely treating the actions, Schaeffer adds to what ...
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Back to Freedom & Dignity (L'Abri Pamphlets)3 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
InterVarsity Press, 1985
A Christian Answer to Skinner's Work.
As many of Schaeffer's works are, Back to Freedom and Dignity is not "armchair" reading. This is a scholarly pamphlet for serious students of human thought. Using his impeccable organization and logic, Schaeffer includes and analyzes many quotes from Skinner's work and from other modern thinkers and artists. I suggest it for anyone interested in modern philosophy and for every single English ...
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Whatever Happened to the Human Race?3 reviews
Francis A Schaeffer, C Everett Koop
Marshall, M & S, 1982
Easy, Yet Comprehensive Analysis Of Moral Decline
Dr. Schaeffer and Dr. C. Evert Koop have written a masterful book on the "roberry of life" in the world, and particularly, Western Culture. Interestenly, this text, written over 20 years ago addresses the "devaluation of human life" and prophetically predicts the acceptance of redefining what it means to be a person and alive. Ideas now coming to the forefront on news programs and the like, are ...
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A Christian View of the Church (The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer, Vol. 4)24 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1985
A Modern Classic for Thoughtful People Who Care
Having recently reread many of the works of Francis Schaeffer, it seems right to list several lessons he can teach Bible-believing Christians (and others) today. Schaeffer was a prophetic generalist, pastor, apologist, and primarily an evangelist. That latter is how he typically explained himself.
1. Schaeffer had a passion for God and truth. This came out of his intellectual conversion as a ...
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The Mark of a Christian15 reviews
Schaeffer, Francis A.
Hovel Audio, 2007
A down and dirty litmus test for Christians
I first read this book as a young Christian and now am impressed with how many of the concepts I have adopted in my own creed. I detest pop Christian symbols and the urge to define a Christian by market forces. Schaeffer attempts to challenge the reader into not only glimpsing in the mirror, but to really make changes accordingly.
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25 Basic Bible Studies3 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1996
A straight-forward study of scripture
This book is an excellent Bible study tool. It is perfect for beginnng Bible study students, but I would also recommend it as a guide for small group or home Bible studies.. Francis Schaeffer was a very spiritual (but not religious!) man with a great amount of integrity. I also recommend his commentary on Romans 1-8. If you feel that religion has let you down and want to know what the God of ...
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Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus: Experiencing the Peace and Promise of Christmas1 review
Nancy Guthrie
Crossway Books, 2008
Christmas Essays from Trusted Authors
Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus, is a collection of short essays on Christmas topics from writers that Nancy Guthrie respects--"essays that reflect a high view of Scripture; and that put the incarnation in the context of God's unfolding plan of redemption."
Included are pieces from the sermons, essays or books of both historical and contemporary Christians. I've decided that listing the ...
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A Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume29 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1990
Reviewing the links between culture and religion
This book contains three books. It is an anthology of Francis Schaeffer's work. The books are "The God Who Is There," "Escape from Reason," and "He Is There and He Is Not Silent." Francis Schaeffer was an author who tried to keep fingers on the pulse of culture. He often related arts and other cultural institutions to the changing world views throughout history.
Schaeffer was ...
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The Church at the End of the Twentieth Century1 review
Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1985
Gimme Shelter
As many readers know, Francis and his wife Edith ran a community in the Swiss/ French Alps called L'Abri, which means "The Shelter." The title of this book makes it seem out of date and passe at the beginning of the twenty first century, but in my opinion it's not only Schaeffer's best book (vying with strong contenders like True Spirituality for that title) but also his most prophetic.
This ...
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God Who Is There20 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Intervarsity Pr, 1968
A seminal work in Christian lit to counteract despair
Say Francis Schaeffer's name and the informed Christian will straighten his armor of righteousness and stand erect with his Sword of Truth, or the Word of God. "Schaeffer [is] the great prophet of our age," is how Charles Colson describes him. Schaeffer's seminal work, "The God Who Is There," is an explanation of the despair that wracks modern man to his core and explains that the only logical ...
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Sham Pearls for Real Swine: Beyond the Cultural Dark Age-A Quest for Renaissance1 review
Francis A. Schaeffer
Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., 1991
simply a must read.
This is a must read because of the truth it conveys. Frank did a superb job of telling it like it is, not like we may "want" it to be. If I was Siskel or Ebert of Book Reviews, it would be 2 thumbs up or 4 thumbs up as the case may be. I only hope to be able to find a copy to own. Get it however you're able to,and you'll not be disappointed,unless of course you're religious. It may step on ...
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True Spirituality17 reviews
Francis Schaeffer
Tyndale House Publishers, 1972
Life changing
This book was out of print for quite some time. I first read it when it was loaned to me by a friend. What I learned from this book opened my eyes and changed my view of spirituality entirely. I was thrilled to find it back in print and to have a copy for my own home library. I would recommend True Spirituality to any Christian.
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Death in the City2 reviews
Francis A. Schaeffer
Inter-Varsity Press, 1973
Amazing Book
This is truly an amazing book. Schaeffer finds a way to make God truly real in this book while going through three books of the Bible. While walking the reader through Jeremiah we see how America today is so like the culture of that time. Read this book to find out what happens to that culture and possibly what will happen to America in the futue. This is on my top 10 books list!!! I loved it and ...
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No Final Conflict: The Bible Without Error in All That it Affirms1 review
Francis A. Schaeffer
Inter Varsity Press / Tyndale / Hodder and Stoughton, 1975
Humanism is coming to its natural conclusions
Should be read as a unity with "Genesis in Space and Time". We are coming to a head in naturalism and relativism and in this book Schaeffer says, "We are in a time when humanism is coming to its natural conclusions in morals, in values, and in law. All that society has today are relative values based upon statistical averages." This is yet another great work of many by this Christian ...
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A Christian view of philosophy and culture (The Complete works of Francis A. Schaeffer)1 review
Francis A Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1984
A Modern Classic Critique of Culture and the Church
Having recently reread many of the works of Francis Schaeffer, it seems right to list several lessons he can teach Bible-believing Christians (and others) today. Schaeffer was a prophetic generalist, pastor, apologist, and primarily an evangelist. That latter is how he typically explained himself.
1. Schaeffer had a deep passion for God and truth. This came out of his intellectual conversion ...
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Pollution and the Death of Man (Hodder Christian paperbacks)1 review
Francis A. Schaeffer
Hodder, 1974
An unknown classic
This book is a fairly easy read (compared to some of Schaeffer's other stuff), but really deals with an issue few Christian authors have tackled. As environmentalism grows Christians need to be prepared to discuss this issue and give real answers. After reading this book I am more convinced than ever that Christianity is the only answer and has the only motivation for a true conservationist ...
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