Unexpected Signs Pointing to God: Os Guinness Interview

The Becket Cook Show

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🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In today’s episode, I talk with Os Guinness about his new book, “Signals of Transcendence: Listening to the Promptings of Life.” We talk of several notable people who came to faith in Christ by paying attention to these signals.

The modern world is a place of great distraction, and it can be difficult to make sense of our human existence. But at some point in our lives, we may experience particular moments that prompt us to search for something deeper. Sociologist Peter Berger described these hints and clues as "signals of transcendence" that awaken us to unseen realities.

Os Guinness tells stories of people who experienced signals of transcendence and followed them to find new meaning and purpose in life. Notable figures such as Leo Tolstoy and C. S. Lewis as well as lesser-known individuals experienced a variety of promptings that signaled to them that life could not continue as they had thought. Through unsatisfied longings or disillusionments that yet yielded glimpses of beauty or joy, these moments drew people toward epiphanies of transformation. And the same can be true for us, should we have the courage to follow the signals wherever they may lead.

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0:26.0	Please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a five-star rating. rating. Hey guys, welcome to the show.
0:40.0	I have a special guest, Dr. Os Guinness, and we're going to talk about his new book,
0:45.0	Signals of Transcendants, listening to the promptings of life.
0:49.6	If you don't know who Os Guinness is, he is an author, a social critic. He is also the great, great, great
0:57.1	grandson of Arthur Guinness, of Guinness Beer. And he was born in China during World War II where his parents were medical missionaries.
1:05.5	He a witness to the climax of the Chinese Revolution in 1949.
1:10.5	He was expelled with many other foreigners in 1951 and returned to Europe where he was educated in England.
1:17.0	He holds a doctorate of philosophy from Oxford and he's written many many books and I'm so delighted to have him on the show. Welcome, Oz Guinness.
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