Os Guinness
Os Guinness
Os Guinnessis an English author and social critic...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth30 September 1941
CountryIreland
jesus pat radical
Jesus called for nothing like this, and Pat Robertson sounded more like one of the radical imams.
jesus successful goal
If Jesus Christ is the head of the church and hence the source and goal of its entire life, true growth is only possible in obedience to Him. Conversely, if the church becomes detached from Jesus Christ and His Word, it cannot grow however active and successful it may seem to be.
jesus responsibility rights
Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. “I have chosen you,” Jesus said, “you have not chosen me.” We are not our own; we have been bought with a price. We have no rights, only responsibilities. Following Christ is not our initiative, merely our response, in obedience. Nothing works better to debunk the pretensions of choice than a conviction of calling. Once we have been called, we literally “have no choice.
jesus cost followers
Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders.
christian jesus block
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.
jesus men agony
At the supreme moment of his dying Jesus so identified himself with men and the depths of their predicament and agony that no man can now sink so low that God has not gone lower.
jesus kingdoms made
Jesus made clear that the Kingdom of God is organic and not organizational. It grows like a seed and it works like leaven: secretly, invisibly, surprisingly, and irresistibly.
becomes creed door next point saying
At that point the creed becomes a way of saying what the infidel next door believes, too.
aim influence reach truly
The aim is to truly reach the gatekeepers, those who are astride the doorways of influence and power,
days lost republic since soon unifying
The American 'unum' has been lost since the Sixties. If this continues, there will soon be no unifying American identity and vision to balance the 'pluribus,' and the days of the Republic will be numbered.
brilliant daring possible society stay understand
As I understand the American Founders, the most brilliant and daring idea they had was that it's possible to create a free society that could stay free forever.
citizens depending good government honest lots people worked
There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
america obviously simplistic view
I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
class few gone known large middle people poor relatively wealthy
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.