The Call, Os Guinness
The Call, Os Guinness
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The Call
Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life

Author: Os Guinness

Narrator: Os Guinness

Abridged: 2 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 01/21/2012

Synopsis

Bestselling author Os Guinness dives deeper in this teaching lecture produced out of Park Cities Presbyterian church in Dallas, Texas. continues to stand as a classic, reflective work on life's purpose.Guinness goes beyond our surface understanding of God's call and addresses the fact that God has a specific calling for our individual lives. 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, my concepts of success?According to Guinness, "No idea short of God's call can ground and fulfill the truest human desire for purpose and fulfillment."Narrated by Os Guinness.

About Os Guinness

Os Guinness is an author and speaker living in the Washington, D.C., area. Born in China during World War II, Guinness left in 1951, after the Chinese Revolution. A graduate of the University of London and Oxford, Guinness is a former visiting fellow of the Brookings Institution. He has written or edited more than twenty books, including The Call, Invitation to the Classics, and Long Journey Home. A frequent speaker and seminar leader at political and business conferences in the United States, Europe, and Asia, Guinness has lectured at many universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Stanford, and has often spoken on Capitol Hill.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on April 18, 2009

I have been reading "The Call" by Os Guinness; a 26 day devotional has taken me from Saturday, August 19, 2006 to Tuesday, November 20, 2008 to finish. I know it should have never taken me so long to read and yet it is a very thought provoking and challenging book. The main point and question of thi......more

Goodreads review by Tim on January 17, 2019

You get more than you bargained for with this book. I picked up Guinness's book on a whim- to read more on decision making/career. And ended up getting a lesson on the fall of Western Civilization and how calling is the answer. Guinness is brimming with wisdom. Though written before Dreher's Benedic......more

Goodreads review by Bryon on May 23, 2015

Book title: The Call Author: Os Guinness Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 1998 Number of pages: 255 Listening to the Caller “There can be no calling without a Caller.” writes Os Guinness. Are you connected to the Caller? I’m not asking if you are a Christian or if you have a “personal relationship” with Jesus.......more

Goodreads review by Adam on July 17, 2016

Os is becoming a new favorite. I read this in conjunction with my quiet time over the past month and it might make the rotation from here on out. Guinness does a great job of honing in on what it means for all of us to follow the call of Jesus Christ in our daily lives. He outlines how to make our w......more

Goodreads review by Bill on December 07, 2020

Originally published in 1997, I first read this book in a class at Covenant Seminary. This new expanded and revised 20th anniversary edition includes a “Study Guide”, helpful for either personal or group use. The book is a series of short reflections on the many-sided wonder of God’s call. The thirt......more

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