On Mon, 6 May 2002 13:05:05 -0400 (EDT) Graham Morbey <gmorbey@wlu.ca>
writes:
>
>
> Walter,
>
> I don't think that you can really call Francis Schaffer a generally
> recognized scholar, (as much as some of his engaging Christian
> apologetics
> - old Princeton, Van Til, and smattering of Dooyeweerd influenced
> worldview- warms the chrisian heart) especially not in Old
> Testament
> studies.
I have to concur with Graham from a philosophical viewpoint. He is
popular, not scholarly. A number of years ago I was asked to teach a
Sunday school course with one of Schaffer's books as the text. I turned
it down because his "philosophy" begins where a legitimate study should
end. But, because he tells evangelicals what they wanted to hear, I knew
that such a suggestion would produce heat rather than light in the group,
for he was their champion. I have noted that one becomes a best-selling
author by not making people really think. Telling them what they want to
hear is, however, very effective.
Dave
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