Last night I began watching the 10-part series, "How Then Should We Live?" It was made in the 1970s by Schaeffer and is based on his book by the same name. And I am so happy to know of it. I should've read the book years ago, and wanted to, but just didn't. I think Schaeffer really, really enjoyed making this book into a film documentary. He gets to travel to all manner of places in Europe and be filmed with some of the greatest art and architecture of the last 2000 years.
The documentary is part art and architecture history, which is where I got my start in architecture school back at UIC. It is part philosophy, which is my current interest, and part history. He then interprets all these in the light of Christian truths. This is exactly what the Lord is moving me to do right now, and this will help my current project greatly. That project is this: I am writing. Writing what? Evangelistic sermons with some apologetic and philosophical content, which I intend to preach at Virginia, God willing.
I suppose all of this will make it into my other writing projects as well, but those projects are still stuck in the mud.
As for the documentary, I'll have to write about that once I've finished all 10 parts. But I seriously intend to inflict it upon as many of my children as will sit and watch it. Anyone who wants to understand the cultural "wars" of our times, Schaeffer argues, must understand the times past, and bits of philosophy, religion, politics, history and culture that have influenced our times. As ministers of God's word, it behooves us to make every effort to see things clearly, and to CARE about our people deeply, not just in our own church, but in other churches also. To this end, I resolve to care about and visit other UBF chapters and churches of my friends as much as possible, just as St. Paul constantly visited and built up the churches in Asia Minor and Greece, not missing Antioch, Jerusalem and eventually Rome.
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