In His 1968 book "The God Who
is There", Francis Shaeffer tells the story of his encounter with a pastor
and their discussion about various matters he termed “intellectual rather than
devotional.” At the end of the discussion, Shaeffer, believing that the pastor
would say something related to what they had discussed such as “thank you for
helping me be a better evangelist,” was completely surprised by what the pastor
said in closing their exchange. "Thank you for opening these doors for me,
now I can worship God better." Although Shaeffer was taken aback by the
comment, he nevertheless says that, not only was he glad that he had been used
by God to bring about that result in the life of the pastor, but he understood
why that had been his reaction.
