Francis A Schaeffer

Uma abordagem sistemática dos fundamentos para sua relação aberta e sincera com Deus, com os outros e consigo mesmo. O que há de exclusivo na contribuição de Francis Schaeffer é a sua compreensão da desesperadora carência que o homem moderno tem da verdade, beleza e sentido da vida. Isto fica particularmente evidenciado no seu ministério do L'Abri, na Suíça, que se concentrava amplamente no seu lar. Milhares de pessoas vinham até o L'Abri:...

Augustine. Luther. Wesley. These great leaders of the church all traced their spiritual awakenings to the book of Romans. To this day Paul's letter continues to fascinate, amaze, and awaken those who seek to plumb its depths, including one of the most influential Christian thinkers of the 20th century, Francis Schaeffer. In his landmark commentary on the first eight chapters of Romans, Schaeffer expounds on the foundational doctrines that undergird...

Después de servir como pastor durante más de una década, Francis Schaeffer -fundador de L'Abri Fellowship- se encontró luchando con preguntas profundamente desconcertantes como éstas. Estaba cansado de no ver resultados en su propia vida espiritual y en la de los demás. Se encontró hablando del cristianismo, pero no lo vivía. Así que, como pastor, decidió "comenzar desde el principio", volver al agnosticismo y reexaminar su fe cristiana....

In 2006, Christianity Today voted The God Who Is There as one of the top fifty books that have shaped evangelicals.For decades, The God Who Is There has been the landmark book that changed the way the church sees the world. In Francis Schaeffer's remarkable analysis, we learn where the clashing ideas about God, science, history, and art came from and where they are going. This edition includes an introduction by James W. Sire that places Schaeffer's...

Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness. How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy? In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends in twentieth-century thought and unpacks how key ideas have shaped our society. Wide-ranging in his analysis, Schaeffer examines philosophy,...

Francis Shaeffer had been serving as a pastor for over a decade when he began to wonder if Christianity really made a difference in people's lives. True Spirituality, a twentieth-century spiritual classic, outlines the result of his effort to "start at the beginning" and re-examine his faith. The book is a treasure trove of wisdom for Christians trying to discover what true spirituality looks like in everyday life. Includes a foreword by Chuck Colson...

It is possible to be a Christian without showing the mark, but if we expect non-Christians to know that we are Christians, we must show the mark.' Christians have not always presented an inviting picture to the world. Too often we have failed to show the beauty of authentic Christian love. And the world has disregarded Christianity as a result. In our era of global violence and sectarian intolerance, the church needs to hear anew the challenge of...

The author first examines the scriptural record of the use of various art forms, and then establishes a Christian perspective on art. With clarity and vigor, Schaeffer explains why "the Christian is the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars."--Page 4 of cover.