“We are living in a solemn moment for the American Republic. The Western world is in decline. The search for a new world order is faltering. The global agenda is overburdened with unprecedented challenges.
“…Here in this country, the Great American Republic, which George Washington called the ‘great experiment in freedom’, history’s longest running public tutorial in the art of political freedom, is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War…
“And by that I mean something far deeper than just the events of the last week and certainly far deeper than all the criticism swirling round the Presidential administration. From a foreign perspective, what is the nature of the division, and why is it so serious?
Os speaks to an audience in the US Capitol on the eve of the release of his new book, Last Call for Liberty, discussing questions the following critical questions and more:
Do you know where your freedom came from?
Are there enough Americans who care about freedom?
In 2016, the Oxford English Dictionary, for the first time, published an entry for “post-truth”, to describe an era where popular thought no longer subscribes to a notion of truth. With the hosts of BBC Sunday Sequence, Dr Guinness considers the shift in modern thought that such a word intimates, the vital importance of maintaining a societal value for truth, and the natural repercussions in dispensing of truth.
Mr. Guinness discusses the importance of restoring the West to the roots of its democratic liberty as well as preparing the developing world for the challenges of globalization.
A prominent group of Evangelical leaders is making a statement about their faith. It’s an attempt to better clarify what, exactly, “Evangelical” means. Titled “An Evangelical Manifesto,” it calls on evangelicals to engage politically, but avoid being puppets of any party. Os Guinness, an author of the statement, explains.
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries named ‘post-truth’ the international word of the year, leading the Washington Post to declare that “truth is dead.” But, as author and social critic Os Guinness argues, “Without truth, there is no freedom.” Guinness sees the fallout of the ‘post-truth’ era as the consequence of seeking freedom with no strings attached. At a Veritas Forum from Berkeley last week, Guinness offers a vision of truth that leads to real freedom.
Os discusses the following question: Is it conceivable that the Christian faith, still the majority faith in the US, could recover its influence and be a crucial factor on the world stage?
In this NPR Morning Edition interview (1988), Os discusses the historic Williamsburg Charter, of which he was the lead drafter. The Charter was published on June 22, 1988, as a celebration and reaffirmation of the Religious Liberty Clauses of the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights. It was signed in Williamsburg by one hundred national prominent Americans, including former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, Chief Justice Warren Burger, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Dr. Guinness exposits the impact of “generationalism” on our understanding of God’s purposes for us in our particular times. His message springs from Acts 13:36, “for David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption…”
