Here's a glorious little tidbit from Francis Schaeffer in The God Who Is There, p.187 (in The Complete Works, vol. 1):
To us [at L'Abri], what there has been of the reality of community is living truthfully upon what the truth is. Without the certainty of the truth, and the content of that truth, the call for community would float in mid-air and be one more utopia....
Our calling is not primarily to an alternate life-style. Considering what the Bible teaches, what is crucial is not the word community, nor the form the practice of community takes. Our primary calling is to truth as it is rooted in God, His acts and revelation; and, if it is indeed truth, it touches all of reality and all of life--including an adequate basis for, and some practice of, the reality of community. [emphasis in the original]
Refreshing...
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