If we forget the absolute uniqueness of Christ's death, we are in heresy. As soon as we set aside or minimize, as soon as we cut down in any way, as the liberals of all kinds do in their theology, on the uniqueness and substitutionary character of Christ's death, our teaching is no longer Christian. On the other hand, let us remember the other side of the matter. If we forget the relationship of this order (rejected, slain, raised) to us as Christians, then we have a sterile orthodoxy, and we have no true Christian life. Christian life will wither and die; spirituality in any true biblical sense will come to an end.
--Francis Schaeffer, "True Spirituality" (p. 22)
Amen.
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