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Os Guinness has penned a classic reflective work on lifes purpose. Far bigger than our jobs and accomplishments and higher than our wildest ideas of self-fulfillment, our calling does more than give purpose and meaning to our lives-it completes Gods plan for us.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good theology but tough reading, Dec 19 2001

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Bruce M. Sabin - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Call (Hardcover)

This book came highly recommended, but I was not as impressed. Os shared important theology and what he has to say is certainly worth hearing. However, I didn't like the he quoted Friedrich Nietzsche more often than the Bible. I almost thought this was Os's attempt to write a book on Christian theology without quoting the Bible.

Os could make a great contribution to the average Christian's understanding of his or her calling from God, but I don't think this book is going to do it.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Start Your Search Here..., Jun 6 1999

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engqck@nus.edu.sg (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Call (Hardcover)

Os Guinness provides the reader a broad spectrum of how finding and fulfiling the central purpose of our life is possible.

He provides us with a good definition of Calling. "Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion and dynamism lived out as a response to his summons and service. (1)"

Why Calling is important and urgent. "The notion of calling, or vocation, is vital to each of us because it touches on the modern search for a basis for individual identity and an understanding of humanness itself. (3)"

Guides on our search for the Call. "Words are the deepest, fullest expression is which God now discloses himself to us, beginning with his calling us. So it is in listening to him, trusting him, and to obeying him when he calls that we "let God be God" in all his awe and majesty. (8)"

How knowing our Calling will transforms ourself and the community we live in. "Calling transforms life so that even the commonplace and menial are invested with the splendor of the ordinary. (22)"

In short, this book is crucial for those who are keen to know their purpose in life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Intellectually stimulating, spiritually challenging., Sep 5 1999

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James Babb (lawyer@sumter.net) (Sumter, South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Call (Hardcover)

A pearl of wisodm to be found on almost every page. A sampling:

"The trouble is that, as a modern people, we have too much to live with and too little to live for."

"Escape from a false sense of life-purpose is only liberating if it leads to a true one."

"He never asked men to do what was reasonable. Men can do that for themselves. They can buy and sell, heal and govern. But then out of some deep place comes the command to do what makes no sense at all -- to build a ship on dry land; to sit among the dunghills; to marry a whore; to set their son on the altar of sacrifice. Then, if men have faith, a new thing comes."

"Of course those who heard [Jesus] all had ears; of course they didn't all hear. Being responsible, we will be held responsible one day if not today. ... For while we may debate our freedom to choose, there is no doubt that we are not free NOT to choose."

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5.0 out of 5 stars So true to those who have been on the road of searching !
Os guinness sagaciously described in words a journey walked by those who are serious about this life on earth. Read more

Published on May 3 2004 by Christine

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb and Profound Thinking!!
"The Call" is one of the first books I've read by Os Guinness, and it was well worth it. He poses some interesting and provocative topics, all related to what our... Read more

Published on Dec 6 2003 by Gregory Nyman