Os Guinness

Why am I here? What is God's call in my life? How do I fit God's call with my own individuality? How should God's calling affect my career, my plans for the future, and my concepts of success? First published in 1997 by distinguished author and speaker Os Guiness, The Call remains a treasured source of wisdom for those who ask these questions. According to Guinness, "No idea short of God's call can ground and fulfill the truest human desire for purpose and fulfillment." In this newly updated and expanded anniversary edition, Guinness explores the truth that God has a specific calling for each one of us and guides a new generation of readers through the journey of hearing and heeding that call. With more than 100,000 copies in print, The Call is for all who desire a purposeful, intentional life of faith.

Finding and Fulfilling God's Purpose For Your Life

The Call

Guinness charts the journey of a generation, from the erosion of Christianity to the failure of the counterculture to provide an effective alternative to faith. The author calls for a new direction for the Western world, one which combines conviction with compassion and deep spirituality.

The Sixties Counterculture and how it Changed America Forever

The Dust of Death

Our world is changing dramatically, yet many Christians still rely on cookie-cutter approaches to evangelism and apologetics. In his magnum opus, Os Guinness presents the art and power of creative persuasion—the ability to talk to people who are closed to what we are saying. Discover afresh the persuasive power of Christian witness.

Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

Fool's Talk

Louise Cowan

Motivation and direction for reading and understanding the great authors and works of Western culture.

A Guide to Books You've Always Wanted to Read

Invitation to the Classics

Traces the retreat of the evangelical mind, explaining how evangelicalism has been dumbed down through popular culture.

Why Evangelicals Don't Think and what to Do about it

Fit Bodies, Fat Minds

Sustainable Freedom and the American Future

Free People's Suicide

And Why Our Future Depends on It

The Case for Civility

A forthright but compassionate work that examines the problem of doubt thoroughly, in a way that will respond to people's questions, settle their fears and strengthen their faith.

The Assurance of Faith Beyond a Shadow of Doubt

God in the Dark

Facet by facet, an internationally acclaimed Christian thinker examines the universal search for life's greatest purpose.

Rising to the Call

Recognizing that tyranny takes on secular as well as traditional guises, Os Guinness seeks a return to the first principles of religious and political freedom. Hearkening back to the "soul liberty" of English Puritan Roger Williams, Guinness argues that a society's greatest bulwark against abuse lies in its people's freedom of conscience.

Religious Freedom and the Making of a World Safe for Diversity

The Global Public Square

An examination of today's crisis of truth and a call to live with integrity and freedom in a world of lies, hype, and spin.

Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype & Spin

Time for Truth

In a world torn apart by religious extremism on the one side and a strident secularism on the other, no question is more urgent than how we live with our deepest differences—especially our religious and ideological differences. The Case for Civility is a proposal for restoring civility in America as a way to foster civility around the world. Influential Christian writer and speaker Os Guinness makes a passionate plea to put an end to the polarization of American politics and culture that—rather than creating a public space for real debate—threatens to reverse the very principles our founders set into motion and that have long preserved liberty, diversity, and unity in this country. Guinness takes on the contemporary threat of the excesses of the Religious Right and the secular Left, arguing that we must find a middle ground between privileging one religion over another and attempting to make all public expression of faith illegal. If we do not do this, Guinness contends, Western civilization as we know it will die. Always provocative and deeply insightful, Guinness puts forth a vision of a new, practical "civil and cosmopolitan public square" that speaks not only to America's immediate concerns but to the long-term interests of the republic and the world.

Doubt

We are still surprised by evil. From Auschwitz to the events of September 11, we have been shocked into recognizing the startling capacity for evil within the human heart. We now know 9/11 revealed that our country was unprepared in terms of national security, but it also showed we were intellectually and morally unprepared to deal with such a barbaric act. Our language to describe evil and our ethical will to resist it have grown uncertain and confused. Many who speak unabashedly of evil are dismissed as simplistic, old–fashioned, and out of tune with the realities of modern life. Yet we must have some kind of language to help us understand the pain and suffering at the heart of human experience. Author and speaker Os Guinness confronts our inability to understand evil – let alone respond to it effectively – by providing both a lexicon and a strategy for finding a way forward. Since 9/11, much public discussion has centered on the destructiveness of extremist religion. Guinness provocatively argues that this is far from an accurate picture and too easy an explanation. In this expansive exploration of both the causes of modern evil and solutions for the future, he faces our tragic recent past and our disturbing present with courageous honesty. In order to live an "examined life," Guinness writes, we must come to terms with our beliefs regarding evil and ultimately join the fight against it. Addressing individuals as well as a traumatized culture, Unspeakable is an invitation to explore the challenge of contemporary evil, a call to confront our culture of fear, and a journey to find words to come to terms with the unspeakable so that it will no longer leave us mute.

Facing Up to the Challenge of Evil

Unspeakable

Como falar em nome de nosso Senhor de modo a fazer justiça à maravilha da pessoa de Deus, à profundidade da boa-nova que ele nos confiou, à astuta resistência humana, assim como aos amplos desafios do mundo de hoje e às perspectivas inescrutáveis do amanhã? Conversa de Tolos "é uma exposição franca da lógica e da retórica inerentes à persuasão, demostrando como os ouvintes são levados da dúvida e da incredulidade à convicção da verdade da fé cristã. O foco de Os Guinness não está apenas na natureza do argumento eficaz, mas no caráter, na ética e na fé do apologeta. Intelectualmente profundo e extremamente prático. Gostei muito do livro. Você também gostará" (James W. Sire). "Diferente da maioria dos livros sobre apologética, ele fala da verdadeira dinâmica entre a conversa e a persuasão – além de oferecer uma gama excepcionalmente abrangente de argumentos e recursos úteis e acessíveis para a verdade do cristianismo. Recomendo fortemente" (Tim Keller).

Conversa de tolos

What is the gravedigger's thesis? Simply put it is, The Christian faith contributed decisively to the rise of the modern world, but has been undermined decisively by the modern world it helped to create. The Christian faith has become its own gravedigger. In the 25 years since philosopher and social critic Os Guinness first published The Gravedigger Files, much has happened: the fall of the Soviet Union, the rise of the computer age, the re emergence of China and India, the rise of Islamic terrorism, and the worldwide revitalization and politicization of religion. The central mystery of Dr. Guinness’s spy novel inspired by his affection for John le Carré thrillers remains unsolved: Can Christians regain the full integrity of faith in Christ while fully and properly engaged in the advanced modern world? This new edition of The Last Christian on Earth, which includes previously unpublished top-secret memos, is Dr. Guinness’s parable about the future of the Christian church in the West. Written in the grand tradition of le Carré, Fleming and Clancy, this thriller pays homage to the genre while transcending it because the real-life ending has yet to be written!

Uncover the Enemy's Plot to Undermine the Church

The Last Christian on Earth

Os cristãos devem estar dispostos a encarar a realidade sem hesitar e responder com fidelidade inabalável. Os Guinness os descreve como gente impossível, com coração que derrete por compaixão, mas com rostos impassíveis, sem nunca perder a gentileza, a misericórdia e a graça de nosso Senhor. Guinness argumenta que devemos enfrentar secularismo e ateísmo de novas maneiras, confrontando suas ideias com discernimento e nova articulação da fé. Os cristãos são chamados a ser gente impossível, cheia de coragem e misericórdia em tempos difíceis.

Gente impossível

The Dilemma of Doubt & how to Resolve it

In Two Minds

Paul Williamson

Tim Challies

Scott Williams

Tim Chester

Sam Allberry

Kelly Kapic

Tony Payne

Phillip Jensen

 Karina Brabham

 Susan Duc

Stephen Gibbins

David Höhne

William Quach

Dani Treweek

How should we deal with our guilt and shame? How should we think about freedom? What is Spirit-inspired Christian living? How does our understanding of hell affect the way we live the Christian life? The Christian gospel transforms every aspect of our lives. If we don’t understand that, we don’t understand Christianity. The Centre for Christian Living, which operates out of Moore Theological College in Sydney, aims to bring biblical ethics to everyday issues—taking the theology and knowledge of God and showing how it shapes and directs every aspect of our daily lives. To that end, we have compiled this annual, which collects some of the material from our activities during 2018: essays from our public events, highlights from our podcast and articles by members of our student team at Moore College. Our hope is that you will find this collection helpful and encouraging as you live out the Christian life.

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