Our readings in this series are from the book, The Church Captive. Here is a brief excerpt from page 54:
“Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Francis A. Schaeffer, picking-up where J. Gresham Machen left off, exposed and warned against the continuing effects of liberal theology on the culture of America and the West, as well as on the evangelical Church.
“Especially in four books – The Church at the End of the Twentieth Century, The Church before the Watching World, The Mark of the Christian, and The Great Evangelical Disaster – Dr. Schaeffer demonstrated how creeping liberalism had distracted the Churchfrom its true calling, and left it helpless against the winds of secular doctrine. By a gradual loss of focus, evangelical Christians forfeited their true identity, failed in their primary calling, abandoned their historic mission, and thus put themselves and the watching world in danger of the judgment of God.
“By the end of the twentieth century, Dr. Schaeffer argued, evangelical church leaders had so accommodated themselves to the world spirit of the age, that they no longer were a convincing or constructive presence or a convicting voice in the Western world.”
Now, and for a limited time, you can order The Church Captive together with the next book in our Read Moore series, Revived!, at no cost. Order copies for yourself and for a study group or companion. A free discussion guide is available as well.
T. M. Moore
