Freedoms and limitations: C. S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer as a tag team

Abstract

I count it a great delight to contribute this essay in honor (or should I say, in honour?) of Professor Jerram Barrs, especially since he (together with his associate Ranald Macaulay), Francis Schaeffer, and C. S. Lewis have done so much to shape my own thinking and living as a Christian. To have Professor Barrs as a colleague, and a friend, is a privilege beyond my wildest imagining. And if I focus on Genesis 1–11 in this essay, consider that a tribute to my sharing the 2010 Francis A. Schaeffer lectureship with Professor Barrs on that topic.
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