Everybody Can Know

by Francis A. Schaeffer, Edith Schaeffer

Excellent Book

Genres: Christian Living, Christian, Nonfiction

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1973

About the author

Francis August Schaeffer was an American Evangelical Christian theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He is most famous for his writings and his establishment of the L'Abri community in Switzerland. Opposed to theological modernism, Schaeffer promoted a more historic Protestant faith and a presuppositional approach to Christian apologetics which he believed would answer the questions of the age.

Wife: Edith Schaeffer
children: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Reviews

[Christina Eastwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been a fan of Schaeffer's writings ever since I was a teenager and I was thrilled to discover that there was a children's book by him. The book goes through Luke's Gospel and reads as if it was the result of an actual series of lessons for children. Some of Schaeffer's sharp thinking does come across here and there. However, the book is rather long winded; almost as if someone just typed up a transcript of what Schaeffer said in a series of talks. It is supposed to be read aloud but when you read a book about the Bible aloud to children you stop and explain or ask questions to see if they understood. All this seems to be already incorporated into the book as you go along making it too long. There are all sorts of (excellent) hands on illustrations suggested but there is no list of what you should put together before you start at the beginning of each chapter; the activities just happen as you go along.
Schaeffer's pre-millenialism comes across in the book and there are some odd ideas too e.g. in Luke 16 the rich man and Lazarus are described as being in “the place where people used to have to wait” i.e. not Heaven and Hell.
All in all as disappointing book.

[Michelle Fournier]

DNF. Actually only read first 2-3 chapters and want to remember my notes.
Best for high school/middle school though it was simple enough for my elementary age to follow, he is just very very wordy. This was just too too long and repetitive for what I was looking for in a devotional/commentary. It was interesting so far, but just not what I wanted for the ages of my kids right now.

[Barbara Radisavljevic]

This book is based on the book of Luke.
It is intended for families to read together.
Advent is a good time to start it.