Chapter 4: “The Humanist Religion”
Versed in the Communist Manifesto (1848) and the two Humanist Manifestos (1933 and 1973), Schaeffer picks up the gauntlet in his Christian Manifesto, responding particularly in chapter four to these humanist documents.
He blames the media for much of the damage insofar as they “see through the spectacles of a finally relativistic set of ethical personal social standards” (56). He calls out public television for refusing to broadcast Whatever Happened to the Human Race? while using tax money to deploy the Hard Choices series, which platformed a materialistic view of the... Continue Reading
Welcome to the Fishbowl
We live in a day and age where every statement is public and permanent.
The good news about living in a world where every word is public and permanent is that we have the opportunity to have conversations with those whom we would never be able to have otherwise. And there is the ability to live out the authenticity of our faith to a watching world. Not long... Continue Reading
We had Boldness
Three reasons we can be bold.
We have the ability to be bold because we know, at the end of the day, we’re not the ones doing the saving—God is. God perhaps will use us as instruments (which is a privilege), but he is the one who saves, the one who regenerates, the one who transforms the heart. Friends, let’s be bold.... Continue Reading
Thanksgiving and the God of All Grace
Gratitude is the unconscious echo of eternity set in the heart of man.
God is not a killjoy but the source of all joy who has an eternally cascading waterfall of pleasures at his right hand (Ps. 16:11). He is the fountain of everything good, beautiful, and true (cf. Jas. 1:17), and he “richly provides us with all things to enjoy” (1 Tim. 6:17 CSB). This means even when God issues a... Continue Reading
Have We Failed if Our Child Isn’t Sure Christianity is True?
Keep loving your kids enough to tell them the truth in a loving way. And trust Jesus with the rest.
If the gospel is true, then it’s going to be Jesus who saves our kids, not us. He is the only one who can. And that’s the tension we have to live in. It might be 10 years before one of our children comes to faith. We might not live to see it. But it... Continue Reading
The Most Dangerous Post-Election Lie
For conservative Christians, it's the idea that politics will deliver us from the persecution to come.
My message to believers is: do not wait to be led! It’s probably not going to happen. Educate yourselves, and start forming these small communities of faith, and networks of communities, so you can have a fighting chance of raising your kids in the faith, and enduring what’s to come. I talk about this in... Continue Reading
Christianity Isn’t Your Usual Mountain Hike
The Christian story is not about humanity ascending but about God descending.
Yes, the hike may wear us out. And yes, on the way up the mountain, we’ll stumble. We’ll fall. But because of both God’s call to holiness and God’s gift of grace, we keep going. We press on, determined to take hold of that which has already taken hold of us. We’re always moving forward... Continue Reading
Did a Prophet Really Lay on His Side for More than a Year? (Ezekiel 4)
Ezekiel performs more sign-acts than most prophets, perhaps because his communicative task is harder than most.
As a prophet, Ezekiel embodies in his actions both the Lord who has sent him and the people of Israel to whom he goes. In this dual representation Ezekiel foreshadows the ultimate sign-act, in which the Word becomes flesh and the Lord of Glory humbles himself to come and live among us, an act far... Continue Reading
The Fourth Phase: Persecution?
It is thus difficult to speak out about traditional moral behavior without being “cancelled” or charged with being a Christian nationalist.
Of course, believers’ humble practice of God-honoring heterosexual marriage, though it may be costly, will also bear witness to the joy men and women have in biblical marriage. And in spite of stubborn resistance from opponents in contemporary culture, God’s powerful love and mercy is irresistible, as is his creative wisdom–in making us male and... Continue Reading
Truth, Love & Making People Sad
The most senior cleric in the Church of England so far to advocate for the church to bless and marry gay couples.
Practicing authentic truth and love at times means making people sad. Understanding that should be a basic requirement for anyone seeking to be a follower of Christ, and especially for those carrying ecclesiastical office. Seeking to sanctify what is a mirage is in the end neither true nor loving. We need more transcendent commitments than... Continue Reading
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