Os Guinness – The Great Quest

2022-06-15

Does life have a meaning? If so, where do we find it? Os Guinness is the author or editor of more than 30 books. He’s a frequent speaker and prominent social critic and has addressed audiences worldwide from the British House of Commons to the US Congress to the St. Petersburg Parliament. He is a senior fellow at the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics and was the founder of the Trinity Forum. His book, ‘The Great Quest – Invitations to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning’ is published by IVP America. (1:40) Our extraordinary modern world;

Does life have a meaning? If so, where do we find it?

Os Guinness is the author or editor of more than 30 books. He’s a frequent speaker and prominent social critic and has addressed audiences worldwide from the British House of Commons to the US Congress to the St. Petersburg Parliament. He is a senior fellow at the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics and was the founder of the Trinity Forum.

His book, ‘The Great Quest – Invitations to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning’ is published by IVP America.

(1:40) Our extraordinary modern world;
(2:25) The modern West has cut itself off from the past;
(3:16) Cultural ‘suicide’ in the West;
(4:40) Why the ‘left’ has become so predominant. Cultural Marxism;
(5:45) We all want meaning or a storyline;
(8:00) The Great Quest is humanity’s storyline;
(8:50) What makes a good seeker after truth;
(9:40) Pointers to the existence of God. Signals of transcendence;
(13:50) Where people look for answers;
(15:24) How the great religions have led to civilizations;
(16:30) How the Christian faith differs from the other faiths;
(18:08) The evidence for Christianity. G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis;
(21:18) Is faith rational?
(22:14) How do we come to know and love God?

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.ivpress.com

www.osguiness.com

Os Guinness 'The Great Quest: Invitation to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning'

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