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n Philadelphia in the late 1920's, a young teenage see for himself if God exists. Within
boy decided that he didn't need God. He had tried
Ichurch, and it didn't give him the answers he was
looking for.
After a time of living as a self-proclaimed agnostic, he
decided to read the Bible, beginning with Genesis, and
met at a church
six months, he was convinced that theology debate,
God is real and that the Bible is His were both eager for
revealed Word to mankind. opportunities to
In 1930, eighteen-year-old Francis speak out in defense
August Schaeffer prayed to receive of conservative
Christ as his Saviour. From that doctrine. As a pastor
day, for more than fifty years, of several churches
Schaeffer was passionately com- throughout Penn-
mitted to the proclamation and s y l v a n i a a n d
rational defense of the Gospel. Missouri, Schaeffer
One of the foremost Christian was grieved at the
thinkers and apologists of this compromise he saw
century, he wrote twenty-four in many mainline
books, which have been translated Protestant denomi- Francis Schaeffer
into more than twenty languages. nations.
Schaeffer's basic message is the Continued on p. 8
same - God's Word is the only guide
man needs to interpret his past and
solve contemporary problems.
When Schaeffer graduated from
Faith Theological Seminary in 1938,
the United States faced many
perplexing new social and religious
problems. The Evangelical
Movement was threatened by
encroaching liberal ideologies,
which argued that the Bible is not a
reliable source of truth.
He and his wife Edith, whom he had