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Susie Larson Live

Os Guinness on the true meaning of freedom

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7689 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Freedom is a highly-valued privilege for many. But the reality of freedom is shifting. Dr. Os Guinness shares a comparison of the faith-based revolution of Sinai with secular revoltions, from his book, "The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom."

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

0:04.4

It's only just a matter of. Welcome to Sus since we've got you welcome to susie larsen

0:24.1

live always honored to get to spend this time with you in fact i look forward to bringing you

0:28.1

conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk that deepen your

0:32.9

understanding of god's word and that heightens your awareness of God's very real presence in your life.

0:38.0

We've got an amazing show plan for you today.

0:40.9

And I'm going to read a significant excerpt from my guest book.

0:44.1

And this is one of those jaw-dropping hours.

0:45.9

I just know that you are going to be glad you tuned in today.

0:49.4

Oz Guinness is my guest.

0:50.7

He's a brilliant scholar, an incredible man of God.

0:54.0

And he's got insight for our nation

0:55.8

that really, I think, will be an awakening to many today. Let me tell you what he writes.

1:00.7

He says, nations must be understood and assessed by what they love supremely, rather than by such

1:06.0

factors as the size of their population and strengthen their armies. There's no question that

1:10.7

America's supreme love is freedom.

1:13.3

In particular, America's freedom is a unique concept of ordered freedom.

1:17.3

That is the legacy of the Hebrew scriptures and the Hebrew covenant in particular.

1:21.0

The present crisis of freedom, therefore, goes to the very heart of the American Republic

1:24.9

and all that the American experiment stands for.

1:28.5

It is a crisis whose outcome will prove as decisive as that of the Civil War.

1:32.8

It is also a global crisis in the sense that its outcome will be crucial for the prospects

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