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Responding to atheists (view source)
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Once the roof is carefully removed and the individual has encountered reality, it is time to reconstruct his house. This is where the transformative power of the gospel comes into play. Schaeffer writes, “The truth that we let in first is not a dogmatic statement of the truth of the Scriptures, but the truth of the external world and the truth of what man himself is. This is what shows him his need. The Scriptures then show him the real nature of his lostness and the answer to it.” No longer must one live according to the course of the world. The true truth of the gospel allows us to see the world as God created it. We recognize the influence of the fall and the impact of sin upon our lives, but the believer now has the Holy Spirit to help him make sense of it all.<ref>[https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/taking-the-roof-off-the-apologetics-of-francis-schaeffer Taking the roof off: The apologetics of Francis Schaeffer]</ref>}}
Once the roof is carefully removed and the individual has encountered reality, it is time to reconstruct his house. This is where the transformative power of the gospel comes into play. Schaeffer writes, “The truth that we let in first is not a dogmatic statement of the truth of the Scriptures, but the truth of the external world and the truth of what man himself is. This is what shows him his need. The Scriptures then show him the real nature of his lostness and the answer to it.” No longer must one live according to the course of the world. The true truth of the gospel allows us to see the world as God created it. We recognize the influence of the fall and the impact of sin upon our lives, but the believer now has the Holy Spirit to help him make sense of it all.<ref>[https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/taking-the-roof-off-the-apologetics-of-francis-schaeffer Taking the roof off: The apologetics of Francis Schaeffer]</ref>}}
Specifically, Francis Schaeffer wrote:
{{Cquote|Every man has built a roof over his head to shield himself at the point of tension…The Christian lovingly, must remove the shelter and allow the truth of the external world and of what man is to beat upon him. When the roof is off, each man must stand naked and wounded before the truth of what is…He must come to know that his roof is a false protection from the storm of what is.”<ref>[https://apologetics315.com/2010/09/sunday-quote-francis-schaeffer-takes-the-roof-off/ Sunday Quote: Francis Schaeffer Takes the Roof Off]</ref>
== Research the matter at hand and have a familiarity with rebuttals to atheism and atheistic arguments ==
== Research the matter at hand and have a familiarity with rebuttals to atheism and atheistic arguments ==