No Little People

Year 1974
Type Sermon
Genre sermons
Tradition Evangelical
Original language English

For For Christians who feel small or unimportant in their service, and for anyone wanting Schaeffer the preacher; not for readers looking for his apologetics.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher: 2 of 5 useful
Difficulty: 1 of 5 light

Sixteen sermons preached at L'Abri on the significance of ordinary people before God: there are no little people and no little places in his service.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 1 of 5
Scriptural 4 of 5
Experiential 5 of 5
Sociological 1 of 5
Historical 1 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Sixteen sermons published by InterVarsity Press in 1974. Schaeffer preached them at L'Abri in Switzerland, and they range from topical messages to expositions of passages in the Old and New Testaments. Their common theme is the weakness and the significance of human beings before the infinite, personal God: since God values each person made in his image, there are no little people and no little places in his service. Alongside this the sermons stress the lasting truth of the Bible, God's faithfulness, the sufficiency of Christ's work and the power of the Spirit. The book opens the third volume of The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer (1982), A Christian View of Spirituality. Crossway's later edition carries an introduction by Udo W. Middelmann. An English edition appears under the title Ash Heap Lives.

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