His answer to the person who didn't believe in right and wrong and truth and falsehood and good and bad and ugly and beautiful was, God is there.

If you don't start there, our vocabulary will just not mean anything problem. There is a God who is there,

and he has a character, he has a personality, and he has a bearing on life. Once that comes into place,

once you are a God reckoning person, then right and wrong and good and bad and so on come into play.

Where can we find meaning and purpose in a world marked by despair and hopelessness?

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper shares Francis Schaefer's timeless response,

showing how the reality of the God who is there provides the only enduring foundation for hope in a broken world.

This seminar was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on March 6th, 1991.

LeBrie was born by the purchase of a chalet and the intent for people to discover the reality

of God there from all over Europe. There's a beautiful statement about the principles that guided them here.

It's really remarkable, and it relates to something in my own experience this this week.

I think that's why I probably wrote this down as a special lesson for us.

They would live by prayer and operate on four principles.

One, they would not ask for contributions,

but would rather make their needs known to God alone. Two, they would not recruit staff, but

would rely on God to send them the right people. Three, plans would be made day to day and not

far ahead in order to allow god sovereignty to guide them

and four they would not publicize themselves but would trust the lord to send people very

unmodern approach to starting a ministry now let me relate this to this to a letter I got this week.

We got a letter, and I get one of these every time we have a fun drive, at least one,

of somebody who said, I don't like the way we're raising money for this new sanctuary.

I think it's very man-centered.

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