One thing above all I will never deny, and for that I am eternally grateful, however great his flaws and however wrong he was on certain details of philosophy and history: I have never met anyone anywhere like Francis Schaeffer, who took God so passionately seriously, people so passionately seriously, and truth so passionately seriously.
–Os [...]
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Francis Schaeffer
Posted in Francis Schaeffer, Os Guinness, biography on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edith Schaeffer
Posted in Os Guinness, biography on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edith Schaeffer was one of the most remarkable women of her generation, the like of whom we will not see again in our time. I have never met such a great heart of love, and such indomitable faith, tireless prayer, boundless energy, passionate love for life and beauty, lavish hospitality, irrepressible laughter, and seemingly limitless [...]
Pathetically Marginal
Posted in Os Guinness, comfort, hypocrisy, irrelevance on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“In the decades I have followed Jesus, second only to the joy of knowing Him has been a sorrow at the condition of those of us today who name ourselves His followers. If so many of us profess to live by the gospel yet are so pathetically marginal to the life of our societies and [...]
