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Frank Schaeffer

Will the Real Francis Schaeffer Please Stand Up? A Tribute

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 03.16.2013 | Religion
Frank Schaeffer

The most wonderful tribute to Dad and to my book came many years later, last Sunday, when I got this email (used by permission of the writer) that really speaks to who Dad was and to the man I knew and loved. I've reproduce it here unedited.

Worshipping at the Altar of Ayn Rand's Undeserving Elite (Ryan Is No Kemp)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.15.2012 | Politics
Frank Schaeffer

I have something in common with Republican vice presidential nominee Congressman Paul Ryan: We were both friends with the late Congressman Jack Kemp. Today, some Republicans are comparing Paul Ryan to Kemp. That is a slur on Kemp.

Sex, Mom and Dad's Sins

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 09.10.2011 | Religion
Frank Schaeffer

"Your father demands sexual intercourse every single night and has since the day we married because he doesn't want to end up like King David," my mother used to tell me when I was a child.

'Wild Goose': A New Kind Of Christian Revival

Posted 08.19.2011 | Religion

By Yonat Shimron Religion News Service DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) It's summer. It's hot. It's the South. That must mean it's time for an old-fashioned ca...

Frank Schaeffer's Sex, Mom, And God

Ben Daniel | Posted 08.13.2011 | Religion
Ben Daniel

In his portrayal of Edith Schaeffer, Frank is able to call out the nuttiness of the religious right and to humanize conservative and Evangelical Christians in the same narrative.

How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics -- and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.18.2011 | Religion
Frank Schaeffer

My mother Edith Schaeffer herself was the greatest illustration of the divine beauty of paradox I've encountered. She was a fundamentalist living a double life as a lover of beauty who broke all her own judgmental rules in favor of creativity.

Changing What the Word "Christian" Means Into Something Good

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.14.2011 | Religion
Frank Schaeffer

If you're not at the Wild Goose Festival this June you'll have missed the most important spiritual gathering in the US to take place in decades. Can a group of Christians save the reputation of Christianity from the "Christian" Right?

Franklin Graham, Religious Extremism, Dad, God and Me (Confessions of a Former Religious Nut Leader)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Frank Schaeffer

There seems to be a consistent pattern when it comes to the right wing leadership of American religion: The louder the protest against "the lack of morals," the more likely it has been that the person doing the protesting is mired in doubt.

Would Obama Speak For a KKK Prayer Breakfast?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Frank Schaeffer

Would President Obama speak at a prayer breakfast organized by the KKK? Would Jim Wallis and other "progressive" Christians attend? Then what will th...

Patience With God: Taking on Atheists and Christian Fundamentalists -- An Interview with Frank Schaeffer

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
John W. Whitehead

Frank Schaeffer has some big problems with fundamentalist Christians. But he also has big problems with the New Atheists.

Arianna: Pat Robertson Gives Religion A Bad Name With His Disaster Comments

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Huff TV

Arianna joined The Nation's Ari Melber and former evangelist Frank Schaeffer on The Joy Behar Show Thursday. The panel weighed in on evangelist Pat Ro...

Jason Linkins

Rachel Maddow, Frank Schaeffer Discuss The Latest In Thinly-Veiled Evangelical Christian Obama Death Threats

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Apparently, the latest thing in "Debasing The Institutions You Pretend To Hold Dear In Order To Suggest That President Barack Obama Should Be Murdered...

It's the People Who Got Small

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tom Sullivan

When town hall protests begin attracting large numbers of foot soldiers youthful enough and fit enough to engage in organized violence, be afraid.

How I (and Other "Pro-Life" Leaders) Contributed to Dr. Tiller's Murder

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Frank Schaeffer

The same hate machine I was part of is still attacking all abortionists as "murderers." And once again the "pro-life" leaders are busy ducking their personal responsibility for people acting on their words.

Whitehead Interviews Frank Schaeffer on "The Treason of the Right"

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Frank Schaeffer

"We gave a theological twist to economic and political ideas that emerged. We urged people to vote for a candidate because his political philosophy reflected the truth of Jesus Christ as Lord."

Open Letter to the Republican Traitors (From a Former Republican)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Frank Schaeffer

You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. Now you have the nerve to criticize the "architect" America just hired -- President Obama -- to rebuild from the ashes.

Sarah Palin Will Never Be President -- Trust Me

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Frank Schaeffer

The Republican Party is only a step away from becoming the fringe of the fringe -- and I speak as a former lifelong Republican who, up through the 2000 primary campaign supported McCain.

Moderate Republicans Unhappy With Party's New Principles

Chuck Lasker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Chuck Lasker

The Republican Party is a ghost of its original self. It's no wonder reasonable, tolerant, progressive Republicans are jumping ship, while new recruits to the Party are diminishing.

Evangelical/Republican Racist Hypocrites for McCain, or Redemption?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Frank Schaeffer

Senator Obama would be ahead in the polls by twenty to twenty-five points if he was white. I can prove it.

One Last Comment on "The Cover" ... and Humor

Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jerry Weissman

After the torrential deluge of media and web commentary about the controversial New Yorker cover of Barack and Michelle Obama fist-bumping in Muslim a...