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Few Christians have had a greater impact during the last half of the twentieth century than Dr. A man with a remarkable breadth of cultural interest, with penetrating insight into modern life, and with a clear sense of spiritual reality, Schaeffer was also a man who cared deeply about people and their search for truth and reality in their lives.With Few Christians have had a greater impact during the last half of the twentieth century than Dr. A man with a remarkable breadth of cultural interest, with penetrating insight into modern life, and with a clear sense of spiritual reality, Schaeffer was also a man who cared deeply about people and their search for truth and reality in their lives.With the publication of this Trilogy, Dr. Schaeffer's three foundational books are available for the first time in one volume.
These three books are truly thought-shaping, and Francis does not use crafty words or commit logical fallacies to explain his points. This trilogy is a dangerous book for the modern man because it will make him come to the end of himself, intellectually, morally and existentially.
However, after showing how man is unable to stand on his own, this is a book that brings him to acknowledge the need of a personal beginning, the God who is there and who is not silent.I respect Francis greatly for These three books are truly thought-shaping, and Francis does not use crafty words or commit logical fallacies to explain his points. This trilogy is a dangerous book for the modern man because it will make him come to the end of himself, intellectually, morally and existentially. However, after showing how man is unable to stand on his own, this is a book that brings him to acknowledge the need of a personal beginning, the God who is there and who is not silent.I respect Francis greatly for his work.
He shows how Christianity is in fact, not a 'leap of faith', but that any person is able to get to its position through reason and open-mindedness. Very insightful. Escape From ReasonYears ago I read the first of the trilogy of essential books by Christian philosopher, Francis Schaeffer. I’ve had it in mind to continue with this book ever since, but just finally got around to it this year. Now I can’t believe I waited so long! One of the things that I love the most about Schaeffer’s writing is that it walks you through the fundamental philosophies that undergird our society and contrasts them with those of Christianity. The result, then, is that the reader Escape From ReasonYears ago I read the first of the trilogy of essential books by Christian philosopher, Francis Schaeffer.
I’ve had it in mind to continue with this book ever since, but just finally got around to it this year. Now I can’t believe I waited so long! One of the things that I love the most about Schaeffer’s writing is that it walks you through the fundamental philosophies that undergird our society and contrasts them with those of Christianity. This one was so good that I am re-reading it again immediately.
Some comments he has to make about our being on the trailing edge of the science-based age of reason bear careful consideration, although I am quite sure I would need another look at the current landscape of the field of philosophy to accept his claims in their entirety. It was an excellent companion to the reading of NT Wright's 'Simply Good News' and follow on to Mary Poplin's 'Is Reality Secular?'
On my second read, in Chap 6 of This one was so good that I am re-reading it again immediately. Some comments he has to make about our being on the trailing edge of the science-based age of reason bear careful consideration, although I am quite sure I would need another look at the current landscape of the field of philosophy to accept his claims in their entirety. It was an excellent companion to the reading of NT Wright's 'Simply Good News' and follow on to Mary Poplin's 'Is Reality Secular?' On my second read, in Chap 6 of 'Escape from Reason,' Schaeffer has a passage that reads, 'I have come to the point where, when I hear the word Jesus.
I listen carefully because I have with sorrow become more afraid of the word Jesus than almost any other word in the modern world. The word is used as a contentless banner, and our generation is invited to follow it.' It struck as one of the major truth he has written of, and causes me to keep it ready on my shelf to pull down again soon. It is a rich work. Thank You for these recommendations. As it just so happens.
I was reading Francis Schaeffer when I was a junior and senior in high school. Schaeffer had a HUGE influence on me which I remain grateful for to this day. It was because of Schaeffer that I knew I wanted to study philosophy AND because of Schaeffer that I wanted to study philosophy at Wheaton College (which I did. For 2 years, anyway). Another very important work of Schaeffer's - one which really anticipated the work Hello Lisa!
Thank You for these recommendations. As it just so happens.
I was reading Francis Schaeffer when I was a junior and senior in high school. Schaeffer had a HUGE influence on me which I remain grateful for to this day. It was because of Schaeffer that I knew I wanted to study philosophy AND because of Schaeffer that I wanted to study philosophy at Wheaton College (which I did. For 2 years, anyway).
Another very important work of Schaeffer's - one which really anticipated the work of John Taylor Gatto in many respects - is 'Beyond Freedom and Dignity'.Oh. When my parents asked me what I wanted for my high school graduation present, I told them that I wanted to go to the L'ABRI Conference that was held in Minnesota that summer (because Francis Schaeffer was at the Mayo Clinic there). And, yes, I DID attend that seminar.
I frequently associate w/intellectual secularists who go round & round in circles in an effort to cause me to hurl from the merry go round out of sheer dizziness. How convoluted & superficial they can be and yet, I'm left dancing like a squirrel trying to get inside their heads until Francis & his explanations came along.
It honestly never occurred to me that they're running from despair, but so much makes sense now. How sad to not have a ground to stand on. How blessed we are Wow! I frequently associate w/intellectual secularists who go round & round in circles in an effort to cause me to hurl from the merry go round out of sheer dizziness. How convoluted & superficial they can be and yet, I'm left dancing like a squirrel trying to get inside their heads until Francis & his explanations came along. It honestly never occurred to me that they're running from despair, but so much makes sense now.
How sad to not have a ground to stand on. How blessed we are as Christians to be able to follow reason and logic to our personal and infinite God who created us in His image. This collection is part explanation, part playbook, and all around an easy-read in understanding why we know what we know as Christians. Fabulous questions to ask uncertain believers and those who refuse to admit that Christianity has answers that they don't have. Read the God Who Is There and Escape from Reason during the fall of 1972. He is There and He is Not Silent by the next summer. I learned a lot from these books and enjoyed reading them.
One thing I took away was that he gave a reasonable basis of why baby boomers were different from the previous generations. We had grown up with TV and under different conditions hence the changes in our perceptions and ways of thinking.
My later reading of Marshall McLuhan would further clarify and explain this. Read the God Who Is There and Escape from Reason during the fall of 1972. He is There and He is Not Silent by the next summer. I learned a lot from these books and enjoyed reading them.
One thing I took away was that he gave a reasonable basis of why baby boomers were different from the previous generations. We had grown up with TV and under different conditions hence the changes in our perceptions and ways of thinking. My later reading of Marshall McLuhan would further clarify and explain this.
I read these after a faith crisis in my life. The books did not convince but pushed me away from the distinctives of evangelical style Christianity. Nonetheless my heart has always been with my heritage if not my head. Thick—meaning difficult to read/follow.
Don’t know if it’s his writing or my slowness but it was a struggle. It’s very philosophical, basically a history of philosophy from a Christian perspective. I read it because John Piper said the first book had an influence on him.Schaeffer is trying to get at why modern people have no meaning and no hope and why Christianity is the only system that gives meaning and hope. He seems to say that we need to understand modern people’s philosophical Thick—meaning difficult to read/follow. Don’t know if it’s his writing or my slowness but it was a struggle. It’s very philosophical, basically a history of philosophy from a Christian perspective.
I read it because John Piper said the first book had an influence on him.Schaeffer is trying to get at why modern people have no meaning and no hope and why Christianity is the only system that gives meaning and hope. He seems to say that we need to understand modern people’s philosophical underpinnings in order to reach them and communicate the gospel. I don’t think most modern people understand all of this philosophical background to why they think what they think. I wonder if his writings inspired the “be relevant” church growth mindset.
A deep, thoughtful exploration of modern thought and belief, contrasted with Christian faith and truth. I found this book to be both extremely interesting and extremely enlightening, as it delves into difficult ideas like the meaning of life and the purpose of man. This book was written almost twenty years ago, so some of the things he talks about, which would have been very current in the culture back then, are a bit obscure to me. However, I enjoyed it anyway, and it was certainly very thought A deep, thoughtful exploration of modern thought and belief, contrasted with Christian faith and truth. I found this book to be both extremely interesting and extremely enlightening, as it delves into difficult ideas like the meaning of life and the purpose of man. This book was written almost twenty years ago, so some of the things he talks about, which would have been very current in the culture back then, are a bit obscure to me. However, I enjoyed it anyway, and it was certainly very thought provoking.
I have long been a fan of Francis Schaeffer. I was introduced to him around the late 90s/early 2000s. The first book I ever read by him was How Shall We Then Live? Which basically made my mind swim. Some time later I tackled The God Who Is There, another book that made my noggin do somersaults. I've returned with a new mindset and a perspective as I have grown in my walk with Christ since I read those works, hence my foray into another one of his seminal works, Escape From Reason.Reading I have long been a fan of Francis Schaeffer. I was introduced to him around the late 90s/early 2000s.
The first book I ever read by him was How Shall We Then Live? Which basically made my mind swim. Some time later I tackled The God Who Is There, another book that made my noggin do somersaults. I've returned with a new mindset and a perspective as I have grown in my walk with Christ since I read those works, hence my foray into another one of his seminal works, Escape From Reason.Reading Schaeffer, you must come with your thinking cap firmly in place. This is not for the baby Christian. In reading his material, three words come to mind: academic, philosophic, and historic.
You may find yourself reading some sentences over to grasp context. This is some heady stuff, not for the intellectually squeamish.Escape From Reason is a treatise on man’s inability to come to ultimate meaning without God. Starting all the way back to Thomas Aquinas and bringing it to the (then) contemporary 1980s, Schaeffer traces the line of philosophic thought through history, where man’s search for meaning has descended into a downward spiral of meaninglessness and irrationality. This has led him to the conclusion that not only is God dead but so is man, a mere cog in an impersonal universe, the cosmic machine. His observation was prophetic, as he stated:We are watching our culture put into effect the fact that when you tell a man long enough that they are machines, it soon begins to show in their actions.Through this journey, he looks at the impact of some of the most influential thinkers of our time: Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Sartes, and others. He lays out the effects of their contributions and how they have affected the culture on multiple levels: art, literature, music, film, and theology.As he gets to the more modern times, his vision is astoundingly accurate.
He speaks about religious words being used without a real frame of reference or meaning. That being the case, though people may be using the same religious terms, they really don’t matter or they are used devoid of content and true meaning. On this, he states:We have come then to this fearsome place where the word Jesus has become the enempy of the Person Jesus, and the enemy of what Jesus taught.
We must fear this contentless banner of the word Jesus not because we do not love Jesus, but because we do love Him.In the last chapter, he brings it all to a head. Throughout the book, he hearkens back to the Reformation as a solid example of a philosophic answer for what man is looking for and how this belief should be infused into every area of the Christian life: art, music, film, literature, and theology. He speaks against the compartmentalizing of the Lordship of Jesus because it will simply lead to false and erroneous philosophical dichotomies which ultimately end up on one of the myriad rabbit trails leading to no where.I came ready for this book and I have been impacted by it because it challenges the reader to know why they believe what they believe, know the culture and thought forms in which they live, and use that wisely. Now, this may not be your cup of tea if you're not drawn to the pervading philosophies and how they have shaped cultural thinking. But it is a must read if you are interested in grasping the societal line of development in thought and reason. This was the series that turned me on to developing a Christian worldview. In his trilogy, Schaeffer shows how all people show that they need absolutes (e.g.
Love, Justice, Morals, Meaning, Purpose, Value, etc.), but they find despair when they turn away from the infinite-personal God of the Bible to find them (Romans 1:20-24). They either hold a rational worldview without absolutes (which they can't live with), or they hold an irrational worldview that cannot actually support absolutes (which This was the series that turned me on to developing a Christian worldview. In his trilogy, Schaeffer shows how all people show that they need absolutes (e.g.
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Love, Justice, Morals, Meaning, Purpose, Value, etc.), but they find despair when they turn away from the infinite-personal God of the Bible to find them (Romans 1:20-24). They either hold a rational worldview without absolutes (which they can't live with), or they hold an irrational worldview that cannot actually support absolutes (which also leads to despair). Only the personal-infinite God of the Bible can offer an intellectually and existentially viable worldview. This series helps us to understand the culture into which we preach our gospel. This volume contains THE three books EVERY person should read.
These books literally changed my life! Schaeffer, more philosopher-historian than Biblical exegete, looks at art, theology, music, literature, and philosophy in different ages and traces the movement of their thought-patterns and ideologies through time to show how they influenced each other and lead to today and what we think and how we think now. After reading these books, you will understand not only what the world-view and This volume contains THE three books EVERY person should read. These books literally changed my life! Schaeffer, more philosopher-historian than Biblical exegete, looks at art, theology, music, literature, and philosophy in different ages and traces the movement of their thought-patterns and ideologies through time to show how they influenced each other and lead to today and what we think and how we think now.
After reading these books, you will understand not only what the world-view and messages in your culture and world are, but why they say what they say. With this and an understanding of epistemology, you will then be empowered to critically examine and break free from the prison of your culture and world. The most clarifying christian philosophy i've ever read. I was struggling with my faith and nothing was even coming close to pulling me back from slipping deeper into an abyss of pointless exsistence, which led quickly to self-destruction. I highly recommend this and other works by the man that's been referred to as, 'the greatest christian philosopher of the 20th century'. He guides with absolute truth and reveals how many commonly used popular christian thoughts are completely unfounded and The most clarifying christian philosophy i've ever read. I was struggling with my faith and nothing was even coming close to pulling me back from slipping deeper into an abyss of pointless exsistence, which led quickly to self-destruction.
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I highly recommend this and other works by the man that's been referred to as, 'the greatest christian philosopher of the 20th century'. He guides with absolute truth and reveals how many commonly used popular christian thoughts are completely unfounded and even 'man-made' bullshit, I.e., 'leap of faith': no such requirement is needed, et cetera.
Francis August Schaeffer was an American Evangelical Christian theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He is most famous for his writings and his establishment of the L'Abri community in Switzerland. Opposed to theological modernism, Schaeffer promoted a more historic Protestant faith and a presuppositional approach to Christian apologetics which he believed would answer the questions of Francis August Schaeffer was an American Evangelical Christian theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He is most famous for his writings and his establishment of the L'Abri community in Switzerland. Opposed to theological modernism, Schaeffer promoted a more historic Protestant faith and a presuppositional approach to Christian apologetics which he believed would answer the questions of the age.Wife:children.
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