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Frank Schaeffer (born August 3, 1952) is an American author, film director, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is the son of theologian and author Francis Schaeffer . He became a Hollywood film director and author, writing several novels depicting life in a strict evangelical household including Portofino , Zermatt , and Saving Grandma .
In Crazy for God, Schaeffer's son Frank presents a portrait of his father that is far more nuanced and multi-dimensional than was suggested by his public persona. He states, for example, that Schaeffer's primary passions in life were not the Bible and theology but rather art and culture.
The book was written by presuppositionalist theologian Francis A. Schaeffer and first published in 1976. The book served as the basis for a series of ten films. Schaeffer narrated and appeared throughout the film series, which was produced by his son Frank Schaeffer and directed by John Gonser. [1]
In 2007, author Frank Schaeffer titled his autobiography Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. It tells of his upbringing as the son of a well-known evangelical minister and his later conversion to the Greek Orthodox Church. [13]
Frank Schaeffer and his associate, Jim Buchfuehrer provided a private, five hour screening to U.S. Rep. Jack Kemp and wife Joanne on their home that, according to Frank Schaeffer's account of the late evening and early morning event in his book Crazy for God, led to both the Schaeffers and Koop obtaining "...access to everyone in the Republican ...
Fox News reports, "Sailor Frank 'Tommy' Schaffer surprising his third-grade sister at her elementary school, giving her flowers." His little sister was highlighted on KYW-TV , "I never knew he ...
“It’s hard to say, man,” Hamm told the others. “We’re all addicts. We all have these behaviors. It’s just, turn your will and your life over to the care of my God and put in the action.” Sobriety required constant vigilance, he suggested. “It’s not just, ‘I’m going to do it three days and then skip two.’
In 1947 Francis and Edith moved to Switzerland to work as missionaries for the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions (IBPFM) in Europe. [2] [3] Following a spiritual crisis in 1951, [2] and disagreements with theologians such as Carl McIntire, Schaeffer and his wife left IBPFM in 1955, to pursue their dream of working with young people. [4]