If there is no Caller, there are no callings - only work. Os Guinness More Quotes by Os Guinness More Quotes From Os Guinness We human beings are never happier than when we are expressing the deepest gifts that are truly us. Os Guinness human-beingshumans One of the key places where sociology should be used is in analyzing 'the world' of our times, so that we can be more discerning. To resist the dangers of the world, you have to recognize the distortions and seductions of the world. Os Guinness analyzingkeysworld At root, evangelical anti-intellectualism is both a scandal and a sin. It is a scandal in the sense of being an offense and a stumbling block that needlessly hinders serious people from considering the Christian faith and coming to Christ. It is a sin because it is a refusal, contrary to Jesus' two great commandments, to love the Lord our God with our minds. Anti-intellectualism is quite simply a sin. Evangelicals must address it as such, beyond all excuses, evasions, or rationalizations of false piety. Os Guinness blockchristianjesus Idolatry is huge in the Bible, dominant in our personal lives, and irrelevant in our mistaken estimations Os Guinness dominantmistakenidolatry Whereas our grandparents lived as if they had swallowed gyroscopes, we think and act as if we have swallowed Gallup polls. Os Guinness pollsgrandparentthinking Mastering our emotions has nothing to do with asceticism or repression, for the purpose is not to break the emotions or deny them but to "break in" the emotions, making them teachable because they are tamed. Os Guinness asceticismemotionpurpose The problem with Western Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they aren't what they should be where they are. Os Guinness problemshouldchristian Everybody is born free. Not everybody is worthy of freedom. Os Guinness born-freebornworthy Calling means that everyone, everywhere, and in everything fulfills his or her (secondary) callings in response to God's (primary) calling. Os Guinness responsecallingmean As soon as we ask what faith is and what sort of mistreatment of faith causes doubt, we are led to the first major misconception about doubt-the idea that doubt is always wrong because it is the opposite of faith and the same thing as unbelief. What this error leads to is a view of faith that is unrealistic and a view of doubt that is unfair. Os Guinness errorsviewsopposites Making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era. Os Guinness diversitytasksworld Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders. Os Guinness costfollowersjesus For the grand and inescapable tradition of western literary classics confronts us with fundamental choices over our understanding of words, reading and art, as well as citizenship, civilization, faith, and the whole notion of the true, the good, and the faithful. Os Guinness readingcivilizationart Christ is the only way to God, but there are as many ways to Christ as there are people who come to Him. Os Guinness peoplewaychrist God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient. Os Guinness unstablesourcehumans If ours is an examined faith, we should be unafraid to doubt....There is no believing without some doubting, and believing is all the stronger for understanding and resolving doubt. Os Guinness understandingdoubtbelieve We are not wise enough, pure enough, or strong enough to aim and sustain such a single motive over a lifetime. That way lies fanaticism or failure. But if the single motive is the master motivation of God's calling, the answer is yes. In any and all situations, both today and tomorrow's tomorrow, God's call to us is the unchanging and ultimate whence, what, why, and whither of our lives. Calling is a 'yes' to God that carries a 'no' to the chaos of modern demands. Calling is the key to tracing the story line of our lives and unriddling the meaning of our existence in a chaotic world. Os Guinness motivationstrongwise Atheism thrives on bad religion. Os Guinness thriveatheism In practice it undermines the transformation of faith. When Christians concentrate their time and energy on their own separate spheres and their own institutions-whether all-absorbing megachurches, Christian yellow-page businesses, or womb-to-tomb Christian cultural ghettoes-they lose the outward thrusting, transforming power that is at the heart of the gospel. Instead of being 'salt' and 'light' -images of a permeating and penetrating action-Christians and Christian institutions become soft and vulnerable to corruption from within. Os Guinness practicechristianheart American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking. Os Guinness democracytodaypeoplepast
