Reformed theology indeed insists that a real measure of freedom has been assigned to man by the Creator. But that freedom is not absolute and man is not autonomous. Our freedom is always and everywhere limited by God’s sovereignty. God is free and we are free. But God is more free than we are. Sproul, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Freedom’
God Is Free and Man is Free, But…
Posted in Sproul, R.C., tagged Freedom, God's Sovereignty, Reformed Theology on April 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We Cannot Pursue Holiness Without Going Back Again and Again
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged Christ's Death, Conscience, Cross, Freedom, God's Forgiveness, Gospel, Grace, Joy, Sin on March 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The truth is, of course, we all do get “hurt” to some degree daily because we all sin every day. That is why we need to come back to the gospel of God’s grace in Christ. The gospel of God’s forgiveness of our sins through Christ’s death frees us to face those sins honestly and [...]
This is Real Freedom
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Freedom, Living for God on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The difference between living for God and living for anything else is that when we live for anything else we do so to gain acceptance, but when we live for God we do so because we are already accepted. Real freedom (the freedom that only the gospel grants) is living for something because we already [...]
You Are Likely Trying to be Your Own Savior
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Christ's Work, Freedom, Savior, Self-Dependence, Self-Reliance, Slavery, Strengths, Weaknesses on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Submitting self to God is the only real freedom – because the deepest slavery is self-dependence, self-reliance. When you live your life believing that everything (family, finances, relationships, career) depends primarily on you, you’re enslaved to your strengths and weaknesses. You’re trying to be your own savior. Freedom comes when we start trusting in God’s [...]
A Better Understanding of Jonah
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Freedom, Gospel, Grace, Jonah, Sin on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re on the right road to better understanding it when we realize that Jonah is a storied presentation of the gospel, a story of sin and grace, of desperation and deliverance. I reveals the fact that while you and I are great sinners, God is a great Savior, and that while our sin reaches far, [...]
If We Remain Insensitive, We Cannot Claim the Mind of Christ
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged Freedom, Matthew 25, Mind of Christ, Oppression, Peace, Poor, Redemption on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We cannot claim to have the mind of Christ and remain insensitive to the oppression of our brothers and sisters. We cannot stay oblivious to the world’s struggle for redemption, freedom and peace. We know that the good done to the poor – the least of our brothers and sisters (Matthew 25:40) – is done [...]
Free People Remain Free to Give Up Their Freedom
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Freedom on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Free people remain free to give up their freedom. They bestow freedom on others by giving up their own. Soldiers who fight for freedom (and who sometimes die for it) provide good models for us. Soldiers of Christ should always be willing to do that. – Steve Brown, A Scandalous Freedom: The Radical Nature of [...]
Quit Making Your Goodness the Issue!
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Freedom, Goodness on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let it go, and quit making your goodness the issue! This isn’t about you and me; it’s about Jesus. When you obsess over anything but him – and that includes being free – you can lose it. Jesus is freedom, and to the degree that you stay focused on him, you will find yourself free. [...]
Many Christians Live in a Prison of Failure
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Failure, Freedom on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many Christians live in a prison of failure, thinking they cannot gain their freedom from that poison. They aren’t free because they think they don’t deserve freedom. They have lived in the abnormality of a dark prison for so long they won’t look up at the open door God has given them – an open [...]
True Freedom Is Wrought Only Through Pain and Tragedy
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Christian, Freedom, God's Love, Pain, Tragedy on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It wasn’t the freedom of the Christian who pretends that things are all right when they’re not. It was the freedom that only believers who have faced pain and tragedy know. It was the freedom of Jesus who, when we’ve lost it all, invites us to laugh, dance and sing in his presence, knowing that [...]
