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Unspeakable: Facing Up to the Challenge of Evil 15 reviews
Os Guinness
HarperOne, 2006
Frightening reviews
The reviews of this book reveal that Mr. Guinness is "dinged" for one consistent reason only: his Christian faith. There is no criticism of his thinking (he is exceptionally lucid and insightful) or his delivery (always candid and respectful). Mr. Guinness is Christian, and as such, he does not receive the level playing field of the naturalist or secular humanist. This bothers me. I am ...
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The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life 35 reviews
Os Guinness
Thomas Nelson, 2003
Life in Transition
This is an excellent book for anyone who is passing through the mid point of their life. We all are in transition at some point in our lives, but the second half of an adult's life seems to be the time when we all look for a purpose. This book can be a guide for this time. Happy Reading !!
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Invitation to the Classics (Masterworks) 7 reviews
Baker Books, 1998
For readers of all faiths
This is a wonderful overview of classic Western literature from a Christian perspective. With a wide scope and a clarity of expression, there is likely something that any reader can enjoy and understand within these pages. More significant than any of this, however, is that the book has something that far too many "contemporary Christian" books do not have: fundamental fairness. When dealing with ...
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The Case for Civility: And Why Our Future Depends on It3 reviews
Os Guinness
HarperOne, 2008
Compelling Vision for America Beyond the Culture Wars
Os Guinness, The Case For Civility. HarperOne, 2008. As an Englishman born in China, and as an astute sociologist and social critic, Guinness offers a wise and compelling vision for civilizing the public square and moving beyond the machinations of endless culture wars.
While writing as a Christian, Guinness charts a course for "a civil public square" in which citizens of any religion or of ...
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Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don't Think and What to Do About It (Hourglass Books)14 reviews
Os Guinness
Baker Books, 1994
Guinness pulls no punches with this one!
Os Guinness is probably my favorite contemporary author and cultural critic with such outstanding works as The Call, The American Hour, The Great Experiment, Prophetic Untimeliness and The Long Journey Home just to name a few. But Fit Bodies, Fat Minds is an excellent beginning for the simple fact that today's youth are the primary audience for this book.
Guinness argues that Christians have ...
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God in the Dark: The Assurance of Faith Beyond a Shadow of Doubt6 reviews
Os Guinness
Crossway Books, 1996
One of my favorites
There nothing else like God In The Dark: The Assurance of Faith Beyond a Shadow of Doubt out there in print that makes such a thorough examination of the phenomenology of doubt.
In part 1 Guinness starts with what he calls the "square one principle": "The person who has the courage to go back when necessary is the one who goes on in the end." Going back and reexamining faith guards against ...
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Invitation to the Classics: A Guide to Books You've Always Wanted to Read (Masterworks Series)1 review
Baker Books, 2006
great book..not like any other guide to Classics
While there are many "guides" to the Classics out there, this one is one of my husband and my favorites; I am a graduate of St. John's College (MA in Great Books) and my husband had one of the authors (Louise Cowan) for undergrad...
We like the book for the philosopy it espouses...Christian humanistic but much smarter than your average "Christian" book. It is a great resource for overviews on ...
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Character Counts: Leadership Qualities in Washington, Wilberforce, Lincoln, and Solzhenitsyn 8 reviews
Baker Books, 1999
As this book shows, Lincoln was a great man (get over it!).
I'm dismayed to see the severely outdated political agenda of the Allens of North Carolina overshadow their opinions and reviews of Dr. Guinness' excellent book. I really doubt that the Oxford-educated Dr. Guinness should be "ashamed" of himself for his "lack of scholarship" in any area he chooses to write. Nor do I believe he is simply parroting the "Yankee propaganda," (referred to in another ...
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Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype, and Spin22 reviews
Os Guinness
Baker Books, 2002
pretty good
This is a very good book about truth even for people without any religious beliefs. It contains many quotes from Greek and Roman philosophers and recent literary and political writers.
It reviews the recent history of the decline in the belief in absolute truth. I suspect that people at the bottom end of the intellectual scale, such as those who watch television, including PBS and NPR, and ...
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Prophetic Untimeliness: A Challenge to the Idol of Relevance16 reviews
Os Guinness
Baker Books, 2003
The Gospel is always relevant!
Prophetic Untimeliness is a clarion call to the church, and one that will hopefully be heard and heeded. Guinness examines the current condition of the church and concludes that the church is pursuing a wrong goal: relevance. His claim is that the timeless truth of the Word of God is always relevant to the condition and nature of man; therefore, the church need not pursue relevance, it should ...
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Dining With the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts With Modernity (Hourglass Books)12 reviews
Os Guinness
Baker Books, 1993
A Prophetic View of Purpose Driven Mentality
Purpose Driven Church, Purpose Driven Youth, Purpose Driven Life, Purpose Driven coffee mugs, Purpose Driven music CD, Purpose Driven Calanders, Purpose Driven screen savers, Purpose Driven Bible covers, Purpose Driven this and Purpose Driven that. Everywhere we look we see the popular themes of Rick Warren and Bill Hybels. The Church in America is running after every teaching that generates ...
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The Dust of Death: The Sixties Counterculture and How It Changed America Forever3 reviews
Os Guinness
Crossway Books, 1994
Pivital and profound analysis of the counterculture
Os Guinness is one of the most brilliant contemporary Christian social critics in the evangelical camp. This was his first book, originally published in 1973 by InterVarsity Press. Guinness got his intellectual start with the late Francis Schaeffer (apologist, theologian, and social critic, who died in 1984), working for several years in Switzerland at the Schaeffer community called L'Abri ...
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Long Journey Home: A Guide to Your Search for the Meaning of Life8 reviews
Os Guinness
WaterBrook Press, 2003
A Journey Worth Making
This book is a very fine distillation of wisdom applied to the "big questions" of life's meaning and purpose. Os Guinness takes the reader on a tour of how the world's major religions and some of its greatest thinkers have wrestled with questions of ultimate significance. How does death and human suffering affect our sense of hope and longing for purpose and meaning for our lives? What is the ...
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The Journey: Our Quest for Faith and Meaning (Trinity Forum Study Series)
Navpress Publishing Group, 2001
"Entrepreneurs of Life" 1576831639 Every person has a unique calling to count for good. An entrepreneur of life is one who responds to this call—who takes it on as a creative challenge, a venture of faith for the sake of good. How do you hear and answer your call? In Entrepreneurs of Life, Os Guinness guides you through the Western tradition to understand what calling is and how you can respond. From the journals and letters of men and ...
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No God but God/Breaking With the Idols of Our Age 5 reviews
Os Guinness
Moody Pr, 1992
We need more books like this
No God But God is a comprehensive book that examines from all angles the current trends in Evangelicalism. And the analysis is quite "spot on" to borrow a phrase from a British friend. This book, which is a collection of essays, is a great companion piece to Addicted to Mediocrity by Franky Schaeffer and Fit Bodies, Fat Minds by Os Guinness. All three books are unaplogetic in their critique of ...
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Rising to the Call2 reviews
Os Guinness
Thomas Nelson, 2003
For those who are searching
Rising to the Call is an excellent summary of Os Guinness' book The Call. This book explores some of the pitfalls many people fall into when thinking about their calling, and provides clarification on what it means to be called or have a calling. Rising to the Call does not lay out a formula for discovering your one calling, but provides guidance for you to determine whether or not you are living ...
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Steering Through Chaos: Vice and Virtue in an Age of Moral Confusion6 reviews
Os Guiness
Navpress Publishing Group, 2000
Philosophical ideologies presented with clarity
Os Guinness has put together an incredible collection of essays, quotes and works on the subject of moral clarity. The foundation for the study is the comparison of the "seven deadly sins" and how they contrast with the moral principles laid out within the "Sermon on the Mount" from the New Testament. While this study may not be unique, the presentation is so well done that the result ...
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American Hour1 review
Os Guinness
Free Press, 1993
One of Chip's Top Ten (wordsntone.com)
This book put my faith under judgment: does my faith lead to transforming the culture that surrounds me, or does it add to the culture's corruption? Guinness pinned me against the wall of my self-centeredness and privatized faith and challenged me on how well my faith interacts, reacts, and enlightens my time, my moment in history-and how well my faith is open to God's work of revival and ...
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When No One Sees: The Importance of Character in an Age of Image5 reviews
Navpress Publishing Group, 2000
The importance of character in an age of image
Os Guinness has a knack for taking difficult and complex subjects and capturing and presenting information that allows small chunks of the philosophy to be grasped and pondered deeply. This book is no exception. The fact that it is also a study guide is even more effective in delivering the message while directing the reader to several key questions to consider in each section.
One of the ...
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