In 1966, a small-hedged garden in London was the site of a tea party featuring extraordinary guests, Francis & Edith Schaeffer and Malcolm & Kitty Muggeridge.
David Virtue, then a young student, had set up the meeting full of hope and excitement. After all, here would be two of Christianity's brightest, best known spokesmen together at last. But, Virtue also had some trepidations based on the philosophical and temperamental differences of his guests.
Well, according to Virtue, the resultant conversation (though polite, interesting and lengthy) didn't go so well. The men agreed wholeheartedly on the gross evils of abortion and euthanasia (and remember, this is 1966) but differed significantly in their respective appreciations of the objective, universal truths of Christianity.
Though flawed by too many irrelevant (and even sometimes catty) asides; too many expressions of disappointment (Relax, Dave. The talk was not a disaster); and by a failure to point out how much further Muggeridge eventually traveled towards Schaeffer's views (Malcolm was quite immature in his Christian faith at that time); Virtue's account of this momentous meeting will be of great interest to readers of both Schaeffer and Muggeridge...or, for that matter, to any Christian who is concerned about the objective and revealed truths upon which the Faith rests.
To read David Virtue's article click on the title of this post. (You know the drill.)
