To the extent that anyone gives up the mentality of antithesis, he has moved over to the other side, even if he still tries to defend orthodoxy or evangelicalism. If Christians are to take advantage of the death of romanticism, we must consciously build back the mentality and practice of antithesis among Christians in doctrine and life. We must do it in our teaching and example toward compromise, both ecclesiastically and in evangelism. To fail to exhibit that we take truth seriously at these points where there is a cost in doing so, is to push the next generation into the relative, dialectical millstream that surrounds us. . Francis A. Schaeffer
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When we say that we take truth seriously, we are saying that we will not tolerate any kind of deception or relativism in our lives. We will not be part of a world that tries to pass off relativism as truth. We will not be part of a world that can easily become desensitized to the fact that some things are wrong and others are right.

Source: The God Who Is There

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