About this episode

The episode discusses the true meaning of freedom in America and the threats it faces, featuring insights from Os Guinness.

Is America losing the true meaning of freedom? As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this urgent episode probes the foundations of liberty, the threats facing our nation, and what it takes to safeguard freedom for our children and generations to come. In a riveting and timely conversation, host Catherine welcomes Dr. Os Guinness—esteemed philosopher, prolific author of 30+ books, and Oxford-educated scholar—on Christian Parent/Crazy World . As one of the last surviving Western eyewitnesses to the Chinese Communist Revolution, Os Guinness brings a one-in-eight-billion perspective on Marxism, the power of faith amid crisis, and the unique roots of American freedom. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: The Origins of True Freedom Explore why the American experiment stands apart from every other revolution in history, and how its “ordered freedom” is rooted not in Enlightenment thinkers, but in the biblical model of the Hebrew Republic (13:42). Discover the “Golden Triangle of Freedom”—the idea that freedom requires virtue, virtue requires faith, and faith requires freedom—and why this cycle is…

People in this episode

Host: Catherine Segars

Guest: Os Guinness

Topics covered

• freedom
• American history
• Marxism
• faith
• parenting
• liberty

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Declaration of Independence

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