Paperback, 160 pages
English language
Published March 8, 2005 by Crossway Books.
A Christian Manifesto
4 stars
(1 review)
It happened so subtly that few people noticed at first. Little by little, morality and freedom started to crumble. It came first in government, in education, in the media -- and finally it began to shake our families and our own lives. Something fundamental has changed. Law and government no longer provide a foundation of justice and morality but have become the means of licensing moral perversions of all kinds. Education has become the enemy of religious truth and values. And the media have provided the means for propagating the change. In this explosive book, Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer shows why this has happened. First, he shows how we have failed to understand the problem -- to see that the whole foundation for society has shifted radically from its original Judeo-Christian basis to a humanistic basis. Second, Dr. Schaeffer calls for a massive movement -- in government, law and all …
It happened so subtly that few people noticed at first. Little by little, morality and freedom started to crumble. It came first in government, in education, in the media -- and finally it began to shake our families and our own lives. Something fundamental has changed. Law and government no longer provide a foundation of justice and morality but have become the means of licensing moral perversions of all kinds. Education has become the enemy of religious truth and values. And the media have provided the means for propagating the change. In this explosive book, Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer shows why this has happened. First, he shows how we have failed to understand the problem -- to see that the whole foundation for society has shifted radically from its original Judeo-Christian basis to a humanistic basis. Second, Dr. Schaeffer calls for a massive movement -- in government, law and all of life -- to reestablish the Judeo-Christian foundation and turn the tide of moral decadence and loss of freedom. - Cover flap.
Subjects
- Moral conditions
- Ethics
- Christianity - Discipleship
- Religion
- Religion - Christian Life
- History
- Christian Life - Character & Values
- Christian Ministry - Discipleship
- Religion / Christianity
- Christianity - Christian Life - Character & Values
- Christianity - General
- 20th century
- Christianity
- Church renewal