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August 2014

August 15, 2014

How I Trashed Frank Schaeffer in my Novel as an American Hitler and Why He’s Promoting It: Guest BLOG by the Former Schaeffer Family Crossway Books Publicist

Katie sent me this essay about trashing me. It's good so I'm publishing it as...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

U2’s art is many things but never a prank

With each album and concert, the Irish quartet U2 has made tonal craft-rich music of...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Why I Go To Church With the Dude Lebowski

Then again, if I only wanted to attend a church that was good, true and...

June 24, 2014

Repentance Backed Up With Action Can Change Reality

Mom and Dad (Edith and Francis Schaeffer) in L'Abri 1979 "The very fabric of the...

June 10, 2014

The Millionaire Authors Who Went Against Amazon in Support of the Giant Publishers Are a 1% Elite Hurting the Little Guy– Me and Other Mid-List Authors

As anyone who has been reading my HuffPost blogs knows I'm "of the left." So...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

10,000-plus people downloaded my book FREE on Kindle in the last 48 hours! If that’s you…

10,000-plus people downloaded my book FREE on Kindle in the last 48 hours! If that's...

May 05, 2014

Happy 5th! Patheos Just Ask Alicia Keys How You Changed My Life

The other day I checked my Twitter followers. I did that because Alicia Keys -- ...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

The War on Traditional Notions of Narrative, Order and Beauty Has Failed

The war on traditional notions of narrative, order and beauty has failed. Representational, story-driven movies...

March 2014

March 07, 2014

Religion is a neurological disorder only faith is the cure! Please Give Me 2:30 Min to Share My Video Story…

Please take 2 minutes to watch this video interview about what I'm trying to do...

February 2014

February 16, 2014

In The Next 3 Days I’ll be Announcing My New Book Title — Pub Date May 15

It's nonfiction, short, to the point and I'll be telling you all about it and...

February 06, 2014

My NEW Art Website Is Up & Working Nicely Many Thanks for Checking it Out!

  From: Frank Schaeffer-- Please check out my paintings on my new art Website Frankschaefferart.com...

December 2013

December 06, 2013

Mandela: The Destroyer of Calvinism and Bad Theology

I remember Mandela. Mandela will be remembered in many ways, but for me he’s the...

November 2013

November 12, 2013

What my Parents Never Seemed to Have Done is Consider that the Bible Contains a Paradox

When my busy dad Francis Schaeffer and I spent time alone together, I discovered a...

November 03, 2013

Here’s A Reason Why I Bother Writing– “Frank, I need the rawness. I need the dirt. I need the profanity.”

I got this email from someone I'll call "Wounded Recovering Evangelical", who gave me permission...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

McLaren’s Review of “And God Said, ‘Billy!'” For Tony Camplo’s “Red Letter Christians” Book Club

This post is by Brian McLaren. It is a review of Frank Schaeffer’s new book,...

September 12, 2013

Colbert and Me

Let me brag on Sarah and Hal and the people sending in reviews to Amazon...

September 09, 2013

Why Do I Feel So Bloody Liberated Self-Publishing

I’m self-publishing my new novel AND GOD SAID, “BILLY!”  Where's my advance? What will I...

September 04, 2013

Over One Thousand Years Ago There Was A Monk… Frank Schaeffer Reads CLIP TEN “And God Said. “Billy!”

Here is CLIP TEN of my reading from And God Said, "Billy!" During the 17...

September 03, 2013

Another Name For Uncertainty is Humility — Frank Schaeffer Reads CLIP NINE “And God Said, “Billy!”

Here is CLIP NINE of my reading from And God Said, "Billy!" During the 17...

September 02, 2013

Light Fills My Spiritual Being– CLIP EIGHT Frank Schaeffer Reads “And God Said, “Billy!”

Here is CLIP EIGHT of my reading from And God Said, "Billy!" During the 17...

September 01, 2013

“God Was Only Joking When He Called Me A Little Shit”– Frank Schaeffer Reads CLIP SEVEN

Here is CLIP SEVEN of my reading from And God Said, "Billy!" During the 17...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Pat Robertson’s Cheerful Chuckle — Frank Schaeffer Reads CLIP SIX “And God Said, “Billy!”

Here is CLIP SIX of my reading from And God Said, "Billy!" During the 17...

August 30, 2013

Falling Into Doubt — CLIP FIVE “And God Said, “Billy!”

Here is CLIP FIVE of my reading from And God Said, "Billy!" During the 17...

August 29, 2013

“Even Masturbation Became a Holy Thing” – CLIP FOUR Frank Schaeffer Reading And God Said, ‘Billy!’

Here is CLIP FOUR of my reading from And God Said, "Billy!" During the 17...

August 28, 2013

The Bad Secular Jews Who will Not Return to Israel or Join Jews For Jesus- CLIP THREE: Frank Schaeffer Reading “And God Said, “Billy!”

Here's CLIP THREE of my reading from And God Said, "Billy!" During the 17 years...

August 27, 2013

“And God Said, “BILLY!” – Frank Schaeffer Reading CLIP TWO “A Vision of Arab Women…”

Here's CLIP TWO: "A vision of Arab women..."  of my reading from And God Said,...

August 26, 2013

Please Read My NEW Book Or Jesus Will Hurt You! CLIP ONE

During the 17 years I've been working on And God Said, "Billy!" I've written and...

August 13, 2013

Let Me Explain My New Novel “AND GOD SAID, “BILLY!”

Let me explain my new novel "AND GOD SAID, "BILLY!" in this clip shot at...

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