Comments on: Edith Schaeffer and Biblical Womanhood

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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:03:55 +0000

[…] of the Bible – a Biblical Woman, if you will – is one who points others to Jesus. In her essay on Edith Schaeffer, Rachel recognized that Schaeffer came from a different time in our culture, one that sounds so […]

By: David

David — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:51:15 +0000

Isn’t Frank Schaeffer’s book sound like trash? At best it is a he-said-she-said one-sided gossip. If good writings reflect the mind of the writers, the Schaeffer’s books (from all the three Schaeffers) are really very telling.

By: Jedidiah Slaboda

Jedidiah Slaboda — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:38:05 +0000

Thanks for this, Rachel. I haven’t read much by any of the Schaeffers but my mom was obsessed and many of my older colleagues were profoundly influenced by Francis and Edith’s books in wonderful ways. I wonder if we have traded faithful for extraordinary so that we have too hard a time when our heroes and heroines turn out to be so ordinary even though they were faithful.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:07:01 +0000

I think that for her time, Edith was a trailblazer in many ways. She was a Christian woman who wrote books, spoke all over the world, ministered to all kinds of people. She certainly let her voice be heard.

By: Adam Shields

Adam Shields — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:33:42 +0000

I was glancing at the comments over at CT and I wonder at our reluctance for Frank’s version of the story to be true. I saw the same thing from Tim Challies review of Lyle Dorsett’s biography of Tozer. There were comments on both that essentially said, “Their kids must be wrong because I really enjoy him/her as an author.”

I wonder why our understanding of sin doesn’t make us more willing to accept Frank’s version. Instead it seems that we are more pushed to see leadership as a means (or proof) of sanctification.

Brennan Manning seems like good proof of someone that is telling on himself instead of letting his kids do it. But again, he is someone that clearly didn’t live a perfect life, but still affected many people positively.