ABSOLUTELY

There are moments in a Christian’s life when a single voice, encountered at the right hour becomes a kind of intellectual and spiritual catalyst. For me, as a younger man shaped by Protestant thought, that voice was Francis Schaeffer. His books — earnest, urgent, and unembarrassed in their appeal to reason — taught me that before the Gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed with integrity, one must first establish that God truly exists. Without the reality of God, revelation collapses into sentiment, morality dissolves into preference, and the very idea of truth becomes a cultural artifact rather than a divine gift.

Schaeffer’s thesis was simple, but simplicity is not the same as shallowness. His insistence on absolute truth, absolute morality, and objective revelation formed a kind of intellectual scaffolding for my early Christian life. He argued that Christianity is not merely a religious option among many, but the only worldview capable of explaining the human condition, grounding moral responsibility, and offering a coherent account of reality. In those years, I embraced his vision wholeheartedly.

But time, prayer, and the quiet work of grace have a way of leading a man home.