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“Band on the Run” is the title song of Paul McCartney and Wings‘ 1973 album Band on the Run. The song was released as a single in 1974, following the success of “Jet“, and became an international chart success. The song topped the charts in the United States, also reaching number 3 in the United Kingdom.^[3]^[4] The single sold over one million copies in 1974 in America.^[3] It has since become one of the band’s most famous songs.

A medley of song fragments that vary in style from folk rock to funk, “Band on the Run” is one of McCartney’s longest singles at 5:09. The song was partly inspired by a comment that George Harrisonhad made during a meeting of the Beatles‘ Apple record label. The song-wide theme is one of freedom and escape, and its creation coincided with Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr having parted with manager Allen Klein in March 1973, leading to improved relations between McCartney and his fellow ex-Beatles. The original demos for this and other tracks on Band on the Run were stolen shortly after Wings arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, to begin recording the album. With the band reduced to a trio consisting of McCartney, his wife Linda, and Denny Laine, “Band on the Run” was recorded atEMI‘s Lagos studio and completed at AIR Studios in London.

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Background[edit]

It was symbolic: “If we ever get out of here … All I need is a pint a day” … [In the Beatles] we’d started off as just kids really, who loved our music and wanted to earn a bob or two so we could get a guitar and get a nice car. It was very simple ambitions at first. But then, you know, as it went on it became business meetings and all of that … So there was a feeling of “if we ever get out of here”, yeah. And I did.

– Paul McCartney, to Clash Music^[5]

Paul McCartney noted the drug busts musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s experienced as an inspiration for the “Band on the Run”, also referencing the “desperado” image he attributed to bands like The Byrds and Eagles as an influence.^[6] McCartney, who had been having legal trouble involving pot possession, said, “We were being outlawed for pot … And our [Wings’] argument on [‘Band on the Run’] was ‘Don’t put us on the wrong side … We’re not criminals, we don’t want to be. So I just made up a story about people breaking out of prison.'”^[6]

In a subsequent interview, McCartney stated that the lyric “If we ever get out of here” was inspired by George Harrison saying these words during one of the Beatles’ many business meetings.^[7] McCartney recalled: “He was saying that we were all prisoners in some way [due to the ongoing problems with their company Apple] … I thought it would be a nice way to start an album.”^[8]^{[nb 1]} McCartney added, referring to his inspiration for “Band on the Run”: “It’s a million things … all put together. Band on the run – escaping, freedom, criminals. You name it, it’s there.”^[9]

According to Mojo contributor Tom Doyle, the song’s lyrics, recalled through memory following the robbery of the band’s demo tapes for the Band on the Run album, were altered to reflect on the band’s then-current status, “stuck inside the four walls of the small, cell-like studio, faced with grim uncertainty.”^[10]

“Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five“, the closing track of the Band on the Run album, concludes with a brief excerpt of the chorus.^[11]

Composition[edit]

“Band on the Run” is a three-part medley, with the first section being a slow ballad, the second featuring a funk rock style,^[12] and the final a country-esque section.^[12] The lyrics of the entire song, however, are related, with all being based around a general theme of freedom and escape.^[13]^[14]

Recording[edit]

The original demo recording for “Band on the Run”, as well as multiple other tracks from the album, was stolen from the McCartneys by a group of thugs while Paul McCartney and Wings were recording in Lagos, Nigeria.^[5] Robbed at knife-point, they relinquished the demos, only recovering the songs through memory.^[10] Paul McCartney later remarked, “It was stuff that would be worth a bit on eBay these days, you know? But no, we figured the guys who mugged us wouldn’t even be remotely interested. If they’d have known, they could have just held on to them and made themselves a little fortune. But they didn’t know, and we reckoned they’d probably record over them.”^[5]

The song was recorded in two parts, in different sessions. The first two were taped in Lagos while the third section was recorded in October 1973 at AIR Studios in London.^[15]

Release[edit]

Originally, Paul McCartney planned not to release any singles from Band on the Run, a strategy he compared to that used by The Beatles.^[16] However, he was convinced by Capitol Records promotion man Al Coury to release singles from the album, resulting in the single release of “Jet” and “Band on the Run”.^[17]

Al [Coury, promotion man for Capitol Records] released ‘Jet,’ which I wasn’t even thinking of releasing as a single, and ‘Band on the Run’ too. He single-handedly turned [Band on the Run] around.^[17]

– Paul McCartney

“Band on the Run”, backed with “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five”, was released in America on 8 April 1974 as the follow-up single to Paul McCartney and Wings’ top-ten hit “Jet“. The song was a smash hit for the band, becoming McCartney’s third solo American chart-topping single and Wings’ second.^[3] The single was later released in Britain (instead backed with “Zoo Gang“, the theme song to the television show of the same name), reaching number 3 on the British charts.^[4] The song was also a top 40 single in multiple European countries, such as the Netherlands (number 7),^[18] Belgium (number 21),^[19] and Germany (number 22).^[20]

The US radio edit was 3:50 in length. The difference was largely caused by the removal of the middle or the second part of the song, as well as the verse that starts with “Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh …”^[21]

The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies.^[22] It was the second of five number-one singles for the band on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] In 1974, Billboard ranked it number 22 on its Top Pop Singles year-end chart.^[23] Billboard also listed the song as Paul McCartney’s sixth most successful chart hit of all time, excluding Beatles releases.^[24]

“Band on the Run” has also been featured on numerous McCartney/Wings compilation albums, including Wings Greatest,^[25] All the Best!,^[26] and Wingspan: Hits and History.^[27] The song is also performed in many of McCartney’s live shows, with a live version being included on the 1976 live album Wings over America.^[28]

Videos[edit]

An official video, directed by Michael Coulson, was released along with the song. It served mostly as a tribute to The Beatles, featuring montages of still pictures from their career. Present-day McCartney and Wings were not shown. The video ends with a collage of Beatles pictures much like the album cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.^[29]

In 2014, a new video for “Band on the Run” was created. The video designed by Ben Ib, an artist who created tour visuals for Paul McCartney (as well as Roger Waters and The Smashing Pumpkins) and the cover for Paul McCartney’s 2013 solo album New.^[30] In the video, all of the objects, including the “band on the run” itself, are made up of words.^[31]

Reception[edit]

The song was praised by former bandmate and songwriting partner, John Lennon, who considered it “a great song and a great album”.^[32] In 2014, Billboard praised “Band on the Run” for having “three distinct parts that don’t depend on a chorus yet still manage to feel anthemic.”^[24] AllMusic critic Stewart Mason called the track “classic McCartney”, lauding the song for “manag[ing] to be experimental in form yet so deliciously melodic that its structural oddities largely go unnoticed.”^[12]

“Band on the Run” also won the “Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus” at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards.^[33] NME ranked the song as the tenth best song of the 1970s, as well as the fifteenth best solo song by an ex-Beatle.^[34]^[35] In 2010, AOL Radio listeners voted “Band on the Run” the best song of Paul McCartney’s solo career, achieving a better ranking than “Maybe I’m Amazed” and “Silly Love Songs“.^[36] In 2012, Rolling Stone readers ranked the song as McCartney’s fourth best song of all time, behind “Maybe I’m Amazed“, “Hey Jude“, and “Yesterday“.^[37] Rolling Stone readers also ranked the song the fifth best solo song by ex-members of The Beatles.^[38]

Personnel[edit]

Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums
Linda McCartney – backing vocals, keyboards
Denny Laine – backing vocals, electric guitar

Chart positions[edit]

Weekly singles charts[edit]

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop)^[19]	21
Canada (RPM 100 Top Singles)^[39]	1
Germany (Media Control)^[20]	22
Japan (Oricon)^[40]	58
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[18]	7
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)^[4]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	1
US Easy Listening (Billboard)^[3]	22

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1974)	Position
Canada (RPM 100 Top Singles)^[41]	20
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)^[42]	46
US Billboard Hot 100^[43]	22

Other appearances[edit]

The song is featured on Guitar Hero World Tour on the main set list.^[44] Both the master recording and a live version were added to the Rock Band series as downloadable content.
“Band on the Run” appeared in the critically acclaimed film Boyhood.

Cover versions[edit]

A cover version of “Band on the Run” was recorded in 2007 by Foo Fighters as their contribution to the Radio 1 Established 1967 album.
- On 1 June 2008 McCartney was joined onstage by Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl for a special performance in Liverpool.^[45] Grohl played guitar and sang backing vocals on “Band on the Run” and then played drums on Beatlessongs “Back in the U.S.S.R.” and “I Saw Her Standing There“. Grohl later performed the song with Paul’s band in 2010 at the White House, when Paul was given the Gershwin Award.
Tori Amos performed a snippet of this song at a number of shows during the Plugged ’98 Tour.^[46]
Wings band member Denny Laine covered “Band on the Run” in 2007 on his album Performs the Hits of Wings.^[47]

Notes[edit]

Jump up^ Speaking to Clash Music in 2009, however, he said: “I don’t remember that being a George line. I don’t know about that.”^[5]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

Jump up^ “RIAA Gold and Platinum”. RIAA. Retrieved2012-10-12.
Jump up^ “Certified Awards Search”. BPI. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f “Paul McCartney Charts and Awards”.allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c “Official Charts: Paul McCartney”. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c ^d Harper 2010.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b McGee 2003, pp. 223–224.
Jump up^ “BBC – Radio 2 – Sold On Song – Song Library – Band On The Run”. BBC. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
Jump up^ Spizer 2005, pp. 274.
Jump up^ Gambaccini 1976.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b Doyle 2014, pp. 92.
Jump up^ Jackson 2012, pp. 122.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c Mason, Stewart. “Band on the Run (song) review”.AllMusic.
Jump up^ Rodriguez 2010, pp. 160.
Jump up^ Jackson 2012, pp. 108–109.
Jump up^ Perasi 2013, pp. 103.
Jump up^ Badman 2009.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b McGee 2003, pp. 59–60.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Dutchcharts.nl Paul McCartney discography”. Hung Medien. MegaCharts. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Belgian Chart”. ultratip.be/nl. Retrieved2014-11-17.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “charts.de”. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved24 February 2012.
Jump up^ Wiener 1994, pp. 396.
Jump up^ riaa.com
Jump up^ “Top Pop Singles” Billboard December 26, 1974: TA-8
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Paul McCartney’s Top 10 Billboard Hits”. Billboard.
Jump up^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Wings Greatest”. allmusic.
Jump up^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “All the Best”. allmusic. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
Jump up^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Wingspan: Hits and History”. allmusic. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
Jump up^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Wings Over America”.allmusic. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
Jump up^ “Wings – Band On The Run (Original Video)”. Youtube. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
Jump up^ “New Lyric Video: ‘Band on the Run'”. Paul McCartney. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
Jump up^ Wilkening, Matthew. “Paul McCartney, ‘Band on the Run’ Lyric Video – Exclusive Premiere”. Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
Jump up^ Doyle 2014, pp. 100.
Jump up^ “Paul McCartney – Awards”. Grammy Awards.
Jump up^ “100 Best Tracks of the Seventies”. New Musical Express.
Jump up^ Beaumont, Mark. “The Best Of The Post-Beatles”. New Musical Express. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
Jump up^ Rae Votta, “10 Best Paul McCartney Songs”, AOL Radio, April 2010 (retrieved 25 June 2012).
Jump up^ “Readers’ Poll: What Is the Best Paul McCartney Song of All Time?”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
Jump up^ “Readers’ Poll: The 10 Greatest Solo Beatle Songs”.Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
Jump up^ “Canadian Chart”. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
Jump up^ “Japanese Chart”. nifty.com. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
Jump up^ “The Top 200 Singles of ’74”. RPM. 1974-12-28. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Jump up^ “Top 100 End of Year UK Charts – 1974”.
Jump up^ “Billboard Top 100 – 1974”. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
Jump up^ “Activision Unveils Full Guitar Hero(R) World Tour Set List”. Prnewswire.com. 2008-10-26. Retrieved2011-07-09.^{[dead link]}
Jump up^ “Paul McCartney watched by Yoko Ono in Liverpool as Dave Grohl helps out”. New Musical Express. Archivedfrom the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 21 March2009.
Jump up^ “TORI AMOS | HEREINMYHEAD.COM | lyrics | band on the run”. Hereinmyhead.Com. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
Jump up^ “Performs the Hits of Wings”. Allmusic. Retrieved28 December 2011.

Sources[edit]

Badman, Keith (2009). The Beatles: Off The Record 2 – The Dream is Over: Off the Record. Omnibus Press.
Doyle, Tom (2014). Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0804179140.
Gambaccini, Paul (1976). Paul McCartney: In His Own Words. Music Sales Corp. ISBN 978-0966264951.
Harper, Simon (2010). “The Making Of Paul McCartney”. Clash Music. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
Jackson, A.G. (2012). Still the Greatest: The Essential Solo Beatles Songs. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810882225.
McGee, Garry (2003). Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings. Taylor Trade Publishing.
Perasi (2013). Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013). L.I.L.Y. Publishing. ISBN 978-88-909122-1-4.
Rodriguez, Robert (2010). Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles’ Solo Years, 1970-1980. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0879309687.
Spizer, Bruce (2005). The Beatles Solo on Apple Records. 498 Productions. ISBN 0-9662649-5-9.
Wiener, Allen J. (1994). The Beatles: The Ultimate Recording Guide. Bob Adams Press.

External links[edit]

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by “The Streak” by Ray Stevens	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single 8 June 1974	Succeeded by “Billy Don’t Be a Hero” by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
Preceded by “The Streak” by Ray Stevens	*Canadian RPM* Singles Chart number-one single** 8 June 1974	Succeeded by “Sundown” by Gordon Lightfoot

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Victorious Georgia Senator Warnock should remember Star Parker’s warning, “Raphael Warnock chooses to zero in on Israel, the very model of success through personal responsibility, as a proble

Sadly last night the Democrats won control of Senate!

Raphael Warnock chooses to zero in on Israel, the very model of success through personal responsibility, as a problem. Pictured: Warnock gestures to a staffer Oct. 21 after casting his ballot at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

What would our nation look like if every day, every American—of every background and ethnicity—were to wake up with the conviction that they are 100% responsible for the circumstances of their lives?

No blame, no victimhood, no excuses saying that what is happening to them is because of someone else.

It touches, I believe, the heart of Christianity.

At any given moment, you may not have control of what is outside of you. But you have control over what is inside of you. Change what is inside first, and then you will change what is outside.

Stand for your principles in 2021—even in the face of Congress, the media, and the radical Left ganging up on conservatives and our values. Learn more now >>

We have faith in a loving God who wants us to take responsibility, and when there is failure, there is forgiveness and another chance.

Too many in our country are paying a great price by listening to politicians on the left who are telling them the opposite.

Consider the Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, who is now running as a Democrat in one of the two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia.

Warnock, who is black, is a poster child of the left, which embraces the view that the world is unfair, controlled by racists and exploiters.

And for some reason, Warnock, like so many of this point of view, chooses to zero in on Israel, the very model of success through personal responsibility, as a problem rather than a solution.

Just last year, after visiting Israel, he affixed his signature to a Group Pilgrimage Statement on Israel and Palestine.

That statement identifies Israel as an “oppressive” regime, accuses Israel of segregation, speaks of militarization “reminiscent of the military occupation of Namibia by apartheid South Africa” and of “excessive use of force” by Israel in Gaza.

These total distortions of the truth in service of a left-wing political agenda should be a wake-up call.

Regarding the reality of Israel, we can turn to the nonpartisan organization Freedom House in Washington, D.C., which annually rates 210 nations around the world as being “free,” “partly free,” or “not free.”

Israel is the only nation in the Middle East rated “free.”

But Warnock and his colleagues ignore oppression throughout the region and only choose to attack the one country that is free.

This freedom is enjoyed not only by the Jewish citizens of Israel but also by the nearly 2 million Arab citizens of the country. In my first visit to Israel, I couldn’t help but notice the amazing diversity, with Jews from all over the world—white, brown, and black.

Regarding the situation in the West Bank and Gaza, where Palestinian Arabs live, their absence of freedom and prosperity is their own choosing. They control their future, not Israel. Rather than aspiring to build better lives for their citizens, they choose regimes that set a priority to destroy Israel.

In 2005, for example, Israel unilaterally withdrew its presence from Gaza. The Palestinian regime there was free to start building a nation. Rather than doing this, it started lobbing missiles into Israel. The Palestinian Authority prime minister announced, “We are telling the entire world: today Gaza and tomorrow Jerusalem.”

Israeli settlers who were displaced when Israel withdrew moved inland, started irrigating the desert with desalinized water, and, within five years, were exporting $50 million worth of organic potatoes, carrots, and peppers a year.

I wrote about it then, quoting the late Art Linkletter, television personality and outspoken Christian, who observed: “Things turn out best for people that make the best of the way things turn out.”

I said then that Linkletter’s observation captured why Israel has grown and prospered and why Palestinians have languished.

The same is true in America.

At Christmastime, let’s choose freedom and personal responsibility.

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On Friday July 18, 2014 I had the opportunity to visit personally with Bill Kristol who is the founder of THE WEEKLY STANDARD MAGAZINE. I told him that I had the privilege to correspond with both his father, Irving Kristol, and his father’s good friend Daniel Bell back in 1995. I actually gave him a copy of both letters I received back from them and he read them both as we stood there. I told him that those copies were his to keep, and he thanked me for that.

I went on to explain how the correspondence started. I had come across several quotes from Daniel Bell when I was reading the books HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE? and WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HUMAN RACE? by Francis Schaeffer (and this second book was co-authored by Dr. C. Everett Koop). Dr. Koop’s name caught Mr. Kristol’s attention and he said he found that interesting. I pointed out those quotes by Bell led me to eventually begin a correspondence with both Bell and Kristol’s father Irving on the subject of what the Old Testament scriptures have to say about the Jews being returned from all over the world back to the land of Israel.

Finally, I asked how his mother was doing and he said that she was doing very well in fact. I told him how much I respected her work as a historian.

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Bill Kristol opines on Pryor-Cotton race, talks about Clinton in 2016

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The Weekly Standard founder, publisher and editor Bill Kristol says Arkansas is “almost” a must-win for Republicans if they are to take back the U.S. Senate. Appearing on this week’s Talk Business & Politics TV program, Kristol said the Mark Pryor-Tom Cotton U.S. Senate battle is high on national political watch lists and that a Cotton victory is crucial to GOP ambitions. “If Republicans want to win the Senate in November, this one is almost a must-win,” said Kristol, who was in Arkansas as a keynote speaker at the Arkansas GOP’s Reagan-Rockefeller dinner. Kristol said he expects a close race this fall in the high-profile match-up and that there are two reasons why the contest is so tight. “Incumbents are hard to beat and, I gather from my friends in Arkansas, that a Pryor is hard to beat,” Kristol said. He added that outside Democratic group attacks have been effective in tainting Cotton, although he disagrees with their accuracy. Kristol offered his take on why Arkansas has not shifted into a Republican stronghold like other Southern states such as Mississippi, Alabama or Texas. One reason, he said, is the political power of Bill Clinton whom he described as a “very different kind of Democrat” as governor and as president. Clinton “tacked to the center” often unlike President Barack Obama. “Barack Obama is not the kind of Democrat that traditional Arkansas Democrats are interested in supporting,” Kristol said, citing Clinton’s bipartisan budget deals, welfare reforms, and foreign policy efforts. ARKANSAS IMPORTANCE Kristol also said that Arkansas has always carried much sway in U.S. politics owing to its larger-than-life, influential state politicians who’ve made big impacts on the national stage. “Arkansas has always been a state of outsized interest and importance nationally,” he said. Kristol grew up studying Sen. J. William Fulbright, and he’s long watched the careers of other politicians like Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee. “For a small state, it has always produced nationally significant politicians. I think people in Washington kind of remember that,” said Kristol.

While 2014 will be a monumental election year, it’s hard not to think about 2016. Kristol said it’s too early to predict the GOP Presidential nominee, but he sees a reversal of fortunes in what he describes as a “wide-open” Republican field. “Republicans used to nominate the next in line, the second place finisher from four or eight years before. Democrats usually have interesting wide-open races,” he said. “It looks like this time, the Democrats are nominating the next in line — the person who ran second in 2008, Hillary Clinton. Republicans are having more of what looks like a classic Democratic primary — governors, senators, former candidates. A lot of them young, a lot of them untested nationally. As a Republican, I like that.”

While he voted for Dole, McCain and Romney, he said those Presidential nominees weren’t the best match-ups versus Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. “The irony in 2016 is the Republicans will have the younger, fresher face and the Democrats will be nominating someone whose been around for awhile,” he said.

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Jews and Christians should both support the State of Israel and also the pro-life view! (Plus profile of Norman Podhoretz)

November 12, 2014 – 2:36 pm

___________________ Dr. Francis schaeffer – The flow of Materialism(from Part 4 of Whatever happened to human race?) Norman Podhoretz – Reflections of a Jewish Neoconservative Jews and Christians should both support the State of Israel and also the pro-life view!!!! I understand that Francis and Edith Schaeffer were good friends with like minded Jews such as Norman […]

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Adrian Rogers on Revelation 12 and the Country of Israel!!!

August 5, 2014 – 3:20 pm

____________ __________________________________ ___________________________________ In light of recent developments in the news the future fulfillment of Revelation chapter 12 does not look so far-fetched. Obviously Israel is the mother that produced the Messiah (verse 1) and Satan is the dragon that dragged 1/3 of the angels out of heaven with him. Jesus is the child who […]

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Who are the good guys: Hamas or Israel?

August 4, 2014 – 8:40 am

Zechariah 12:3 (KJV) notes, “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” It is amazing how up to date the Bible can be in many ways. […]

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My correspondence with Daniel Bell and Irving Kristol about the rebirth of Israel!!!!

July 18, 2014 – 8:45 am

Irving Kristol pictured below: In 1980 I read the books HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE? by Francis Schaeffer and WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HUMAN RACE? by both Schaeffer and Dr. C. Everett Koop and I saw the film series by the same names. In those two books Daniel Bell was quoted. In HOW SHOULD WE […]

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The nation of Israel and Genesis 12:3 (Series on Israel part 1)

January 18, 2012 – 12:47 pm

The Birth Of Israel (2008) – Part 1/8 I can’t say I agree with every word from Chuck Colson’s words below but it is a good article though. Covenant and Conflict Israel’s Place in the World Today By Chuck Colson|Published Date: February 18, 2003 When our BreakPoint Managing Editor Jim Tonkowich returned from this year’s […]

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Candidate #8 Michele Bachmann , Republican Presidential Hopefuls (“Obama…a betrayal of our friend Israel.″ ,Part 3)

May 22, 2011 – 9:42 am

One News Now reports on Friday Obama’s comments a ‘gross error’ GOP lawmaker and Tea Party Caucus founder Michele Bachmann says President Obama has defined his Middle East policy: “blame Israel first.” Supporters of Israel are expressing outrage over President Barack Obama’s call yesterday that Israel give back territory it gained when attacked by Arabs […]

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Candidate #8 Michele Bachmann , Republican Presidential Hopefuls (“America has stood with Israel since 1948″ ,Part 2)

May 20, 2011 – 11:36 am

Michele Bachmann released this statement yesterday: Washington, May 19 – Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06) released the following response after President Obama’s speech today on his Middle East policy, which included a dramatic shift away from support of Israel: “Today President Barack Obama has again indicated that his policy towards Israel is to blame Israel first. […]

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Candidate #8 Michele Bachmann , Republican Presidential Hopefuls (“We will do well to…support ..Israel..”,Part 1)

May 20, 2011 – 10:09 am

“Drink Your Energy Drink & Away We Go!” Michele Bachmann Federal Spending & Jobs Summit Michele Bachmann Wikipedia notes: She married Marcus Bachmann in 1978.[17] They have five children (Lucas, Harrison, Elisa, Caroline, and Sophia), and have also provided foster care for 23 other children.[18][19] Bachmann and her husband own a Christian counseling practice in […]

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Transcript of President Obama’s speech of May 19, 2011 on Israel

May 20, 2011 – 9:25 am

President Barack Obama addresses an audience during a campaign fundraising event, in Boston, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets President Obama before his speech at the State Department. Clinton introduced Obama, who joked that she has been accruing quite a few frequent-flier miles. Below is […]

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RESPONDING TO HARRY KROTO’S BRILLIANT RENOWNED ACADEMICS!! (PART 4 NOBEL LAUREATE Douglas Osheroff, physicist, Stanford )

December 16, 2014 – 1:43 am

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Brandon Barnard message “LOVE AS YOU HAVE BEEN LOVED” at Fellowship Bible Church on 4-12-15

January 2, 2021 – 1:58 am

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Brandon Barnard message “LOVE AS YOU HAVE BEEN LOVED” at Fellowship Bible Church on 4-12-15

On 4-12-15 Brandon Barnard a teaching pastor at Fellowship Bible Church of Little Rock spoke on the subject “LOVE AS YOU HAVE BEEN LOVED.”

As the cross approaches, Jesus reminds his disciples why his death is necessary how his love for them and in them can be a powerful witness to the world around them. See the new commandment Jesus gives and how we can live that out in our everyday context. John 13:31-38 English Standard Version (ESV)

A New Commandment

³¹When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. ³²If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. ³³Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ ³⁴A new commandment I give to you,that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. ³⁵By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial

³⁶Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him,“Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.”³⁷Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” ³⁸Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

1. God’s plan always brings glory to himself.

2. Jesus loves his disciples.

3. Jesus gives us a model for how to love. (The power loving others is in understanding how Jesus loves us.)

Leviticus 19:18English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁸You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Mark 12:29-31English Standard Version (ESV)

²⁹Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God,the Lord is one. ³⁰And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ³¹The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

1 John 4:12English Standard Version (ESV)

¹²No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

4. Jesus tells us the power of love. (The world should recognize us by our love for one another.)

“Yet, without true Christians loving one another, Christ says the world cannot be expected to listen, even when we give proper answers. Let us be careful, indeed, to spend a lifetime studying to give honest answers. For years the orthodox, evangelical church has done this very poorly. So it is well to spend time learning to answer the questions of men who are about us. But after we have done our best to communicate to a lost world, still we must never forget that the final apologetic which Jesus gives is the observable love of true Christians for true Christians.” Francis Schaffer, The Great Evangelical Disaster, pgs. 164-165

Francis Schaeffer founder of the L’Abri Fellowship said:

“A loving community is the visible authentication of the Gospel. Love is the final apologetic”

Tertullian in the second century reported the comments of pagans in his day:

“Behold, how these Christians love one another! How they are ready to die for each other!”

Their mutual love, Bruce Milne, the BST Bible Commentator wrote ”was the magnet which drew pagan multitudes to Christ. It has the potential to do so still.”

Philippians 2:1-7English Standard Version (ESV)

Christ’s Example of Humility

2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, anyparticipation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, ²complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. ³Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. ⁴Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. ⁵Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,^[a] ⁶who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,^[b] being born in the likeness of men.

John 15:9-12English Standard Version (ESV)

⁹As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ¹⁰If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

¹²“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

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Fellowship Bible Church announces the 7th annual Art Festival!!!!!

April 9, 2015 – 11:41 am

___________ I have been profiling artists for over a year now and here is some of my past posts: Marina Abramovic, Ida Applebroog, Matthew Barney, Allora & Calzadilla, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Jan Fabre, Makoto Fujimura, Hamish Fulton, Ellen Gallaugher, Ryan Gander, John Giorno, Cai Guo-Qiang, Arturo Herrera, Oliver Herring, David Hockney, David Hooker, Roni Horn, Peter Howson, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Martin Karplus, Margaret Keane, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Sally […]

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Bill Parkinson’s message on 12-14-14 at Fellowship Bible Church Little Rock “GOD’S INDESCRIBABLE GIFT”

December 15, 2014 – 8:58 am

____________________ Bill Parkinson, one of the teaching pastors at Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock delivered the message GOD’S INDESCRIBABLE GIFT on December 14, 2014. In Luke 2, we hear the angels praising God, proclaiming, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men on whom His favor rests.” This morning we […]

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On 11-30-14 at FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH in Little Rock our teaching pastor BRANDON BARNARD delivered the message A TALE OF TWO HEARTS based on John 7:1-24!!!

December 1, 2014 – 4:48 pm

________________ Brandon Barnard pictured below: On Sunday November 30, 2014 at FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH in Little Rock our teaching pastor BRANDON BARNARD delivered the message A TALE OF TWO HEARTS based on John 7:1-24: As we look at the passage in John 7 today, we see a tale of two hearts. One that seeks the […]

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Brandon Barnard’s sermon (at Fellowship Bible Church Little Rock 10-26-14) on Jesus’ message to the Jewish Skeptics of his day!!!!

October 28, 2014 – 1:07 pm

_____ Brandon Barnard pictured below: Dr. Charles Barg’s book below: Dr. Jack Sternberg below: When I was 15 I joined my family on an amazing trip with our pastor Adrian Rogers to the land of Israel in 1976 and the most notable event to me was our visit to the Western Wall (or Wailing Wall) […]

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“Satisfaction Guaranteed” sermon by Brandon Barnard of Fellowship Bible Church (3-11-12)

March 13, 2012 – 7:46 am

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / U2 The Rolling Stones Satisfaction (rare) If you want to see the path that Kerry Livgren and Dave Hope of the rock group Kansas took to find true satisfaction then listen to their song “Dust in the Wind” and then read their testimony at this link […]

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“Tip Tuesday” Advice to Gene Simmons (Part 19) Fellowship Bible Church Service July 24th

November 15, 2011 – 12:47 am

On the show Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Shannon Tweed, 54 yrs old, is the mother of Gene’s two kids and she has been with Gene for 28 yrs but now she is looking for more committment from Gene. She wants him to stop cheating on her. In the July 19th episode Nick said to his […]

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“Tip Tuesday” Advice for Gene Simmons (Part 11) Fellowship Bible Church July 24th

September 20, 2011 – 7:48 am

Gene Simmons and his son Nick (Refer to end of post for more on Nick and Gene) 28 July 2011 Gene Simmons has proposed to long-term girlfriend Shannon Tweed. The Kiss bassist – who claims to have slept with over 2,000 women and has for a long time vowed never to marry – popped the question […]

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“Tip Tuesday,” Advice to Gene Simmons Part 9, Fellowship Bible Church July 24th

September 6, 2011 – 7:44 am

Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed John McArthur The Truth About Divorce, #2 (Mark 10:1-12) On the show Gene Simmons has been arguing the point that he admits that he is selfish, but he still feels he has the right to be selfish. In the conclusion of the final episode of the year on July 24th […]

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Advice to Gene Simmons Part 4, Fellowship Bible Church sermon on purity jh14a

July 26, 2011 – 9:47 pm

Gene Simmons Proposes To Shannon Tweed Kiss singer/bassist Gene Simmons proposed to his longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed in Belize recently, TMZ reports. The couple has been together 28 years and share two children, 22-year-old son Nicholas and 18-year-old daughter Sophie. Simmons popped the question on the A&E reality show ‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels,’ which has followed the life of the Simmons brood since […]

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RESPONDING TO HARRY KROTO’S BRILLIANT RENOWNED ACADEMICS!! PART 18 (Brian Harrison, Historian, Oxford University, Charles Darwin also wrestled with the issue of Biblical Archaeology and the accuracy of the Bible)

March 24, 2015 – 12:57 am

_____________ Brian Harrison (historian) Emeritus Fellow of Corpus Christi College On November 21, 2014 I received a letter from Nobel Laureate Harry Kroto and it said: …Please click on this URL http://vimeo.com/26991975 and you will hear what far smarter people than I have to say on this matter. I agree with them. Harry Kroto __________________________ There […]

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Francis Schaeffer The Last POSTMODERNISM AND ART Great Modern Theologian by David Hopkins

January 2, 2021 – 1:07 am

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I love the works of Francis Schaeffer and I have been on the internet reading several blogs that talk about Schaeffer’s work and the work below by David Hopkins was really helpful. Schaeffer’s film series “How should we then live? Wikipedia notes, “According to Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live traces Western history from Ancient Rome until the time of writing (1976) along three lines: the philosophic, scientific, and religious.^[3] He also makes extensive references to art and architecture as a means of showing how these movements reflected changing patterns of thought through time. Schaeffer’s central premise is: when we base society on the Bible, on the infinite-personal God who is there and has spoken,^[4] this provides an absolute by which we can conduct our lives and by which we can judge society. Here are some posts I have done on this series: Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 10 “Final Choices” , episode 9 “The Age of Personal Peace and Affluence”, episode 8 “The Age of Fragmentation”, episode 7 “The Age of Non-Reason” , episode 6 “The Scientific Age” , episode 5 “The Revolutionary Age” , episode 4 “The Reformation”, episode 3 “The Renaissance”, episode 2 “The Middle Ages,”, and episode 1 “The Roman Age,” .

In the film series “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HUMAN RACE?” the arguments are presented against abortion (Episode 1), infanticide (Episode 2), euthanasia (Episode 3), and then there is a discussion of the Christian versus Humanist worldview concerning the issue of “the basis for human dignity” in Episode 4 and then in the last episode a close look at the truth claims of the Bible.

Francis Schaeffer
The Last Great Modern Theologian by David Hopkins

Standing at the melting point
The reader may wonder why I would write an article about the “last great modern theologian” in a publication that so proudly dedicates itself to post -modern thought and inquiry. In truth, we should not be so arrogant about what the modern legacy has left to us. The contributions of faithful disciples and scholars from previous generations can be of great worth. I would go so far to say even a book review of Augustine’s The City of God or Aquinas’s Summa Theologica would fit nicely into what we are trying to accomplish at Next-Wave. The goal is to re-communicate the worth of our Christian tradition and experience to a postmodern culture. However, the work of Francis Schaeffer is so recent; it is questionably whether his thoughts even need to be re-communicated to a new culture.

I would like to persuade that Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) stands at the melting point of the modern and postmodern discussion. In some ways, every “modern” theologian after him is increasingly out of date. And any “postmodern” theologian ahead of him was unfortunately out of place in discussing issues of spiritual importance. Why? Schaeffer was deeply concerned with a shift in epistemology (how we know what we know). He observed the shift during the 1960s. While he never labeled it as such, this shift is what we now call postmodernism . (Note: This term was already in existence when discussing art, architecture, philosophy, and literature; theology really didn’t jump into the discussion until postmodern thought proliferated in the 1980s, 3 years after Jean-Francois Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition .)

Francis Schaeffer is the last of the modern theologians, but not the first of the postmodern theologians. He still strongly argued for rationalism in apologetics. By this, I mean Francis Schaeffer believed one had to be converted to the appropriate set of presuppositions, namely the law of non-contradiction (“A” cannot be “non-A”), first, in order to believe and experience the God of Christianity. The Bible is viewed as a propositional argument from God to His people, which can only be accepted by the correct presuppositional vantage point. Francis Schaeffer also was skeptical of the increase of Platonism in culture (identified with mysticism) and leaned more towards an Aristotelian view of reality (identified with rationalism). These ideas mark a clear modern thought pattern.

Despite his modern view, Schaeffer offers us many insights in ministering to any culture of believers. And a thorough study of his work would benefit any believer greatly.

How I met Francis Schaeffer
When I first came to college, I experienced a massive faith crisis. Raised in a consumer friendly, experience crazed society, I doubted the reasonableness of the Christian system. My understanding of God did not find a home in rationality. I could not give my life to a system, just because someone told me if I say a prayer– God would come down from distant Heaven and have coffee with me (metaphorically speaking, of course). I needed answers. I read Josh McDowell’s More than a Carpenter and C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity . Both of these inspirational works satisfied my craving for common sense soundness. until I became a student of philosophy. Anyone who has studied philosophy knows that “common sense soundness” does not go very far. I needed more. I needed philosophical answers. Sorry, but Lewis and McDowell just do not cut it against thinkers like Nietzsche, Sartre, Schopenhauer, Russell, Husserl, and Heidegger. These philosophic heavy weights are playing different games and speaking a different language. Francis Schaeffer, however, knew the language; and I am convinced he could stand toe to toe with any of them.

My campus minister Keith Boone introduced me to the work of Francis Schaeffer. He encouraged me to read the trilogy: The God Who Is There , Escape From Reason , and He Is There And He Is Not Silent . These three books outline the basic premise of any arguments he would develop in later books. Schaeffer was culturally, philosophically, and scripturally informed. He wrote with compassion and fire. I often stayed up late in the night reading and pondering his ideas. Each sentence blowing my mind and causing me to re-evaluate my own hidden agendas for Christianity. He moved me to understand a deeper and truer Gospel than what I had known before.

And in my own postmodern superficiality, I will admit, I also liked him because he just looked cool. Francis Schaeffer has the image of an eccentric academic freak. I really resonated with that– call it my personal image goal. Yes, he is the reason why I grew a goatee. (I can hear my friends, who know me too well, laughing out loud.)

All of his writings exist to prove a basic, and yet radical point, God is really there. He’s not just a concept or an idea. He really exists. But not only that, God is speaking to us. Schaeffer believed humankind was created with dignity and is still formed in the “image of God.” We all have worth and value which is innate with our standing in the universe. We are not just specks of dust on a larger speck of dust circling the sun. From this point, true restoration can take place in the souls of men and women.

Francis Schaeffer wrote to provide intellectual healing to a world in transition. He realized the old models were fading. There are some points we should observe in communicating Schaeffer’s timeless message to postmodernism.

Francis Schaeffer was concerned with being relevant to his time
Francis Schaeffer wrote because he saw the ideas of logical positivism and existentialism being introduced into popular culture in dangerous ways, displacing God from our understanding. Schaeffer noted in his article “How I Have Come to Write My Books” (Inter-Varsity Press 1974): “In my reading of philosophy, I saw that there were innumerable problems that nobody was giving answers for. the Bible, it struck me, dealt with man’s problems in a sweeping, all-encompassing thrust.” Schaeffer knew these philosophic problems affect the everyday life of believers. These ideas have a flow of influence from philosophy to art to music to general culture. Schaeffer wrote to get ahead of the ideas to positively affect general culture, replacing deceptive philosophy with the answers of scripture.

Schaeffer’s goal was not to become “modern,” but to minister to the modern person. Likewise, in an ever-changing society, we should be careful not to adopt postmodernism, but instead, give eternal hope to those people lost in the disparity of postmodernism. “Relevancy” has become a popular sell-word for churches nowadays. But this word has to imply more than just using movie clips in a sermon. Relevancy strikes to the heart of how we think and live.

Francis Schaeffer addresses the issue of a shift in epistemology
Epistemology may not be everyone’s favorite topic of discussion, but for Schaeffer this issue was of utmost importance. He recognized if our thinking is off, everything else will surely to follow. Schaeffer observed a shift in epistemology which involved a false belief that God is simply a concept or theory. We take an unfortunate existential “leap of faith” which is not rooted in the direct experience of God. We do not see God working in daily life. Schaeffer cited Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) as the initial cause of this trend. According to Schaeffer, Aquinas separated nature from grace in theology. The spiritual world and the earthly world became separated. The earthly world became what was “real” and the spiritual world was the “hypothetical.”

Today we still encounter in the consequences of this shift, especially when referring to a secular versus spiritual society. We create a Christian sub-world that was never meant to exist. Instead of being in the world, we live the hypothetical faith world. We fail to realize that everything is spiritual. Everything is bathed in God’s touch and presence. “For you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” (Revelation 4:11, quoted at the beginning of Schaeffer’s The God Who Is There .) Schaeffer hoped to give his readers understanding of a world in direct connection with a God who is really present.

Art and culture mattered to Francis Schaeffer
Francis Schaeffer was deeply concerned with how art impacted our thoughts and actions. In the trilogy, Schaeffer displays a thorough knowledge of art history. He shows how art has developed along a theme of separation between nature and grace. Schaeffer also is well versed on the contemporary arts, musicians, and filmmakers. He carefully analyzes these influences. Interesting footnote: He was quite possibly the first theologian to intelligently evaluate the punk revolution in Europe .

Schaeffer wrote passionately about the Christian’s ability to worship God through art. In the day of the great evangelical preachers, when such a strong emphasis was placed on teaching, Schaeffer ideas of art as worship reflected the wisdom of the ancients and were simultaneously revolutionary. Schaeffer’s book How Should We Then Live gives a good overview on his ideas about art.

Among postmodern pilgrims everywhere, the subject of art and worship is a very popular topic of conversation. Francis Schaeffer introduces this idea to a new generation of disciples, an invaluable resource to any community interested in created art with meaning and transcendence.

L’Abri: An example of the “community apologetic”
When Francis Schaeffer and his wife Edith moved to Switzerland , they decided to open their house to any believers traveling through. These travelers could come for healing, conversation, instruction, and service. They re-named their home L’Abri , French for “the Shelter.” People from all over came to be part of this transit community. Remember my campus minister Keith Boone?

L’Abri expanded to a number of branches throughout the world. Even today, L’Abri receives people. His wife Edith wrote the book L’Abri telling of this community’s development.

Francis Schaeffer did not just live as a hermit scholar. He worked daily with people, and frequently strangers, sharing with them God’s message of peace at L’Abri. He believed strongly that community is the place where God speaks. Not only that, but community is its own apologetic for the Gospel. People can live together in meaningful relationships, sharing, working together with the Spirit’s power.

What is community? How do we “get” it? Schaeffer’s L’Abri was a Christian response to the hippy communes that sought desperately to have community and meaning. L’Abri can also illustrate our own need to re-define church and the gathering of the saints. L’Abri was not just a Sunday morning institution. We need to carefully evaluate the condition of our own local churches from a programmatic institution to a community of believers.

The lasting impact of “The Last Great Modern Theologian”
In my opinion, Francis Schaeffer is the last of the relevant and the truly great modern theologians. He stood at the melting point between modern and postmodern. While he never addresses postmodernism, Schaeffer’s influence will be long lasting in the postmodern culture we minister in. A culture that looks longingly for heroes and role models, beyond the celebrities and pop stars.

This past summer I worked at a camp in Glen Rose, Texas . On the first day, I met a boy named “Schaeffer.” He wore a Cowboys cap to cover his blonde matted hair and his big grin revealed two missing teeth. As he was making his bunk, trying to smooth out the sheets while standing on the bed (a difficult task no doubt), I commented to his mother about Francis Schaeffer. She smiled and said, “I know about Francis, we named our son after him. Francis really influenced my husband and me, when we first met.” Imagine that? Schaeffer was my favorite camper for that week. Maybe it was his grin, maybe there is just something in a name.

For more information on Francis Schaeffer:
I believe The Shelter www.rationalpi/theshelter.com is the best Schaeffer site on the Internet. The site contains weekly quotes, a list of books and articles, biography, photos, and links. The Shelter also has an email list, which I am a part of. If you sign up, every week they send a Schaeffer quote, plus some links on web from all areas of interest.

DAVID HOPKINS is program director at the Wesleyan Campus Ministry in the small college town of Commerce , Texas . He currently is part of the Axxess Community at Pantego Bible Churc

Francis Schaeffer’s wife Edith passes away on Easter weekend 2013 Part 7 (includes pro-life editorial cartoon)

April 26, 2013 – 4:45 am

The Francis and Edith Schaeffer Story Pt.1 – Today’s Christian Videos The Francis and Edith Schaeffer Story – Part 3 of 3 Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 1) ABORTION OF THE HUMAN RACE Published on Oct 6, 2012 by AdamMetropolis ________________ Picture of Francis Schaeffer and his wife Edith from the […]

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The Mark of the Christian by Francis Schaeffer Part 1

April 25, 2013 – 8:10 am

THE MARK OF A CHRISTIAN – CLASS 1 – Introduction Published on Mar 7, 2012 This is the introductory class on “The Mark Of A Christian” by Francis Schaeffer. The class was originally taught at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Overland Park, KS by Dan Guinn from FrancisSchaefferStudies.org as part of the adult Sunday School hour […]

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Francis Schaeffer’s wife Edith passes away on Easter weekend 2013 Part 6 (includes pro-life editorial cartoon and tribute from son-in-law Ranald Macaulay)

April 25, 2013 – 6:49 am

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Francis Schaeffer’s wife Edith passes away on Easter weekend 2013 Part 5 (includes pro-life editorial cartoon)

April 24, 2013 – 1:32 am

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Francis Schaeffer’s wife Edith passes away on Easter weekend 2013 Part 4 (includes pro-life editorial cartoon)

April 23, 2013 – 6:31 am

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Francis Schaeffer’s wife Edith passes away on Easter weekend 2013 Part 3 (includes pro-life editorial cartoon)

April 22, 2013 – 5:29 am

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“Schaeffer Sundays” Francis Schaeffer’s own words concerning humanist dominated public schools in USA even though country was founded on a Christian base

April 21, 2013 – 12:22 am

Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” (Episode 2) SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS Published on Oct 6, 2012 by AdamMetropolis The 45 minute video above is from the film series created from Francis Schaeffer’s book “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” with Dr. C. Everett Koop. This book really helped develop my political views concerning […]

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“Schaeffer Sundays” Francis Schaeffer’s own words concerning where the Bible-believing Christians been the last few decades

April 14, 2013 – 12:10 am

Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 1) ABORTION OF THE HUMAN RACE Published on Oct 6, 2012 by AdamMetropolis The 45 minute video above is from the film series created from Francis Schaeffer’s book “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” with Dr. C. Everett Koop. This book really helped develop my political views […]

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Taking on Ark Times Bloggers on various issues Part E “Moral absolutes and abortion” Francis Schaeffer Quotes part 5(includes the film SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS) (editorial cartoon)

April 7, 2013 – 6:25 am

I have gone back and forth and back and forth with many liberals on the Arkansas Times Blog on many issues such as abortion, human rights, welfare, poverty, gun control and issues dealing with popular culture. Here is another exchange I had with them a while back. My username at the Ark Times Blog is Saline […]

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“Schaeffer Sundays” Francis Schaeffer’s own words concerning religious liberals and humanists

April 7, 2013 – 12:54 am

Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 5) TRUTH AND HISTORY Published on Oct 7, 2012 by AdamMetropolis The 45 minute video above is from the film series created from Francis Schaeffer’s book “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” with Dr. C. Everett Koop. This book really helped develop my political views concerning abortion, […]

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A Pastor’s Misguided Attack on Israel

December 29, 2020 – 12:29 am