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Francis A Schaeffer (January 30, 1912–May 15, 1984) was a theologian, philosopher, and pastor; he is famous for his writings, evangelism, and the establishment of a Christian community in L'Abri, Switzerland.
Finding a rational answer for the meaning of our existence, and communicating it to modern man was Dr. Schaeffer's life mission. The God Who Is There, Escape From Reason, and He Is There and He Is Not Silent are three books every Christian, serious about sharing the Gospel, should read. All three are together in one book, The Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy. Dr. Schaeffer is noted for his presuppositional apologetics. His book, He is There And He Is Not Silent, is a basis for evangelism today and, in my opinion, the best expression of his brilliance. He explains how the existence of a infinite and personal God provide us with an answer to the meaning of our personal existence; an answer to the reason for the existence of evil; and a basis for rational thought.
Dr. Schaeffer was not a free will theist, perse, but three fundamental Biblical truths that are the basis of his writings also form the basis for Dynamic Free Theism: 1. Love and communication are intrinsic in God, which is movement.
2. God existed before he created the world, which is time in God.
3. Biblical thought is based on antithesis, which is the foundation for human rationality and Biblical revelation.
He has been a television and radio talk show host and author since the 1980s, in Colorado. He was born 1959 in Paterson, New Jersey of Italian descent. He is
an advocate of open theism and has debated it at theology online. He has a seminar on open theism on YouTube and on DVD.