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Os Guinness Quotes

Everybody is born free. Not everybody is worthy of freedom Picture Quote #1

I’m obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as ‘a city on a hill.’ Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it’s a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that’s what’s routinely ignored today Picture Quote #1

The Christian church in the U.S. is still strong numerically, but it has lost its decisive influence both in American public life and in American culture as a whole, especially in the major elite institutions of society Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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In working out our callings, we are to perform for one audience, the audience of One Picture Quote #1

Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders Picture Quote #1

Calling means that everyone, everywhere, and in everything fulfills his or her (secondary) callings in response to God’s (primary) calling Picture Quote #1

The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes Picture Quote #1

Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine Picture Quote #1

Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations Picture Quote #1

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In terms of distance, the prodigal’s pigsty is the farthest point from home; in terms of time, the pigsty is the shortest distance to the father’s house Picture Quote #1

Augustine says that you don’t understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there’s no question that the common love in America is freedom Picture Quote #1

...making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era Picture Quote #1

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives Picture Quote #1

Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths Picture Quote #1

God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient Picture Quote #1

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Whereas our grandparents lived as if they had swallowed gyroscopes, we think and act as if we have swallowed Gallup polls Picture Quote #1

In our day it’s worse to judge evil than to do evil Picture Quote #1

Atheism thrives on bad religion Picture Quote #1

We may at times be unemployed, but no one ever becomes uncalled Picture Quote #1

Evangelicalism can only remain evangelical if it is passionately serious about truth and theology Picture Quote #1

Freedom is not the permission to do what you like. It’s the power to do what you ought Picture Quote #1

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Culturally, one of the best arguments we can make is, wait and see Picture Quote #1

The question the doubter does not ask is whether faith was really useless or simply not used. What would you think of a boy who gave up learning to ride a bicycle, complaining that he hurt himself because his bicycle stopped moving so he had no choice but to fall off? If he wanted to sit comfortably while remaining stationary, he should not have chosen a bicycle but a chair. Similarly faith must be put to use, or it will become useless Picture Quote #1

We human beings are never happier than when we are expressing the deepest gifts that are truly us Picture Quote #1

The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom Picture Quote #1

What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in the blood Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Everybody is born free. Not everybody is worthy of freedom. (Os Guinness Quotes) I’m obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as ‘a city on a hill.’ (Os Guinness Quotes) 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 (Os Guinness Quotes) Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it’s a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that’s what’s routinely ignored today (Os Guinness Quotes) The Christian church in the U.S. is still strong numerically, but it has lost its decisive influence both in American public life and in American culture as a whole, especially in the major elite institutions of society. (Os Guinness Quotes) 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. (Os Guinness Quotes) In working out our callings, we are to perform for one audience, the audience of One (Os Guinness Quotes) Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders. (Os Guinness Quotes) Calling means that everyone, everywhere, and in everything fulfills his or her (secondary) callings in response to God’s (primary) calling. (Os Guinness Quotes) The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes (Os Guinness Quotes) Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine. (Os Guinness Quotes) Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations. (Os Guinness Quotes) In terms of distance, the prodigal’s pigsty is the farthest point from home; in terms of time, the pigsty is the shortest distance to the father’s house. (Os Guinness Quotes) Augustine says that you don’t understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there’s no question that the common love in America is freedom. (Os Guinness Quotes) ...making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era.... (Os Guinness Quotes) There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives. (Os Guinness Quotes) Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths. (Os Guinness Quotes) God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient (Os Guinness Quotes) Whereas our grandparents lived as if they had swallowed gyroscopes, we think and act as if we have swallowed Gallup polls (Os Guinness Quotes) In our day it’s worse to judge evil than to do evil (Os Guinness Quotes) Atheism thrives on bad religion (Os Guinness Quotes) We may at times be unemployed, but no one ever becomes uncalled (Os Guinness Quotes) Evangelicalism can only remain evangelical if it is passionately serious about truth and theology (Os Guinness Quotes) Freedom is not the permission to do what you like. It’s the power to do what you ought (Os Guinness Quotes) Culturally, one of the best arguments we can make is, wait and see (Os Guinness Quotes) The question the doubter does not ask is whether faith was really useless or simply not used. What would you think of a boy who gave up learning to ride a bicycle, complaining that he hurt himself because his bicycle stopped moving so he had no choice but to fall off? If he wanted to sit comfortably while remaining stationary, he should not have chosen a bicycle but a chair. Similarly faith must be put to use, or it will become useless (Os Guinness Quotes) We human beings are never happier than when we are expressing the deepest gifts that are truly us (Os Guinness Quotes) The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom (Os Guinness Quotes) What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in the blood (Os Guinness Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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