![]() ![]() ![]() His goal was always to help people see how the gospel of Jesus Christ answered the questions that they did not even know their soul was asking. ![]() As an evangelist, and a diversely well-read one at that, Schaeffer was equipped to communicate with all kinds of people on all kinds of subjects. He was brilliant, to be sure, but those with advanced degrees in philosophy, art history, history, and science will most likely find some of his analysis of ideas and individuals lacking. It’s important to note at the outset that Schaeffer was first and foremost and evangelist and not a philosopher. The God Who Is There does help even modern readers to understand the state of our culture, but the book doesn’t always do a good job of explaining exactly how we got here. The challenge of all simplification is to make deep thoughts accessible to the average reader without misrepresenting the thoughts. What made his 1968 classic The God Who Is There so important, however, was not merely that he saw this trend coming, but that he simplified profound philosophical concepts in order for his readers to interact with these thought trends. In that sense his work predicted what we see today. Living in Europe and interacting with some of the emerging thought trends of the 60s and 70s, meant that Schaeffer saw what was coming to the Evangelical church in America. ![]() Francis Schaeffer is well known as a sort of cultural prophet. ![]()
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