The Call

by Guinness, Os

• ISBN13: 9780849944376
• ISBN10: 0849944376
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781418514686
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780849912917
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-09
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub
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Summary

The Call continues to stand as a classic, reflective work on life's purpose. Best-selling author Os 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? Guinness now helps the reader discover answers to these questions, and more, through a corresponding workbook - perfect for individual or group study.According to Guinness, "No idea short of God's call can ground and fulfill the truest human desire for purpose and fulfillment." With tens of thousands of readers to date, The Call is for all who desire a purposeful, intentional life of faith.Also availbale in audio format, narrated by Os Guinness.

Author Biography

Os Guinness is the author of numerous books, and is also a speaker of international renown. Born in China and educated in England, he is a graduate of Oxford University. Dr. Guinness has lived in the United States since 1984. He is currently the Senior Fellow of the Trinity Forum and resides in McLean, Virginia

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
1. The Ultimate Why	1	(7)
2. Seekers Sought	8	(9)
3. The Haunting Question	17	(10)
4. Everyone, Everywhere, Everything	27	(9)
5. By Him, to Him, for Him	36	(7)
6. Do What You Are	43	(11)
7. A Time to Stand	54	(6)
8. Let God Be God	60	(8)
9. The Audience of One	68	(7)
10. Our Utmost for His Highest Still	75	(8)
11. Where the Buck Stops, There Stand I	83	(8)
12. People of the Call	91	(10)
13. Followers of the Way	101	(9)
14. There but for the Grace of God Goes God	110	(9)
15. What Is That to You?	119	(9)
16. More, More, Faster, Faster	128	(9)
17. Combating the Noonday Demon	137	(8)
18. A World with Windows	145	(8)
19. Locked Out and Staying There	153	(9)
20. A Focused Life	162	(10)
21. Dreamers of the Day	172	(11)
22. Patches of Godlight	183	(10)
23. Let All Your Thinks Be Thanks	193	(9)
24. Everybody's Fools	202	(11)
25. The Hour Has Come	213	(11)
26. Last Call	224	(12)
Acknowledgments	236	(3)
Study Guide	239