Description
Why Truth Matters reintroduces the impactful ministry of Francis Schaeffer and underscores Schaeffer’s conviction that true spirituality is a moment-by-moment life of faith grounded in and informed by the inerrant Word of God. Without this objective Word, the Lordship of Christ risks diminishment, Christians are left with relativism, have no standard by which to pursue holiness in love and believers have no sure way to resist rushing cultural tides. In it, Little situates Schaeffer’s life and ministry, exposes the dangers of cultural accommodation, and calls evangelicalism back to authentic, Scripture-rooted discipleship.
Dr. Little has mastered the pertinent sources to marshal a treatise that is both faithful to Schaeffer and deeply pertinent to Christian witness today. (Douglas Groothuis)
Even seasoned Schaeffer specialists will appreciate this personal, accessible, and timely study of one of the twentieth century’s evangelical giants. (William Edgar)
Bruce Little demonstrates that Schaeffer’s True Spirituality and ironclad commitment to the inerrancy of the Bible were the bedrock of his life, writings, and ministry. I cannot think of a more important book for evangelicals to read today. (James K. Dew, Jr.)
Bruce Little provides an accessible and insightful overview of Schaeffer’s teachings on the Lordship of Christ, the unity of truth, and the inerrancy of scripture. These issues have lost none of their relevance since Schaeffer’s death; indeed, they have gotten more pressing. (Louis Markos)
With clarity and conviction, Little situates Schaeffer’s life and ministry, exposes the dangers of cultural accommodation, and calls evangelicalism back to authentic, Scripture-rooted discipleship. Highly recommended for all, and an excellent starting point for non-scholars seeking to understand Schaeffer and his enduring life’s work. (Mark Liederbach)
Of all the many books that have been written on the fascinating and controversial life and ministry of Francis Schaeffer, none had captured the spirit as well as the message of the man better than Bruce Little’s Why Truth Matters. (Donald T. Williams)
One of Schaeffer’s most-quoted expressions was the need for “a moment by moment relationship with the living Christ.” With that in mind the author has done us a great service by drawing attention to this crucial factor in Schaeffer’s thinking and by showing how it relates to our current theological and practical difficulties within the church. (Rand Macaulay)
As someone who views Schaeffer’s emphasis on true spirituality as both a doorway to his broader work and a foundation for his apologetic practice, I welcome Little’s timely work and its contention that recovering this rigorous, truth-grounded spirituality is essential for sustaining Christian faithfulness amid today’s pervasive epistemic and cultural confusion. (Mark P. Ryan)
Francis Schaeffer thoroughly emphasized the unity of theological thought and the Bible’s whole text as true to reality and therefore inerrant in its affirmations. Bruce Little ties these two points together when he suggests the title True Spirituality to be the foundation of Schaeffer’s thought and life: “Without the link to objective truth, the Christian Scriptures lose all claims to inerrancy. If there were errors in the Bible, there could be no way of knowing which claims of the Christian Scriptures were true, if any.” (Udo W. Middelmann)
