Perhaps the best way I can begin to speak about the legacy of Francis Schaeffer is to tell a brief story about the founding of the Francis Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary, where I have been a professor for the past 20 years.
It is a story that could be multiplied many times around the world, and each story would give another facet of the legacy of Francis and Edith Schaeffer.
I first met Francis Schaeffer when I was an undergraduate. I had gone to university to study English literature, optimistic that I would find answers to my questions about life at this famous centre of human learning and wisdom. How naïve I was! Within a few weeks of attending classes I discovered that my professors were completely uninterested in my questions.
