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Free to Obey: The Real Meaning of Authority
Free to Obey The Real Meaning of Authority Author:Peter Toon How can you be truly set free? Peter Toon says that freedom isn't won just by chucking the rulebook. People aren't necessarily better off by shrugging away that which has a hold on them. Government, for example, or school, or parents. — Sin is the real slavery. To be truly free you've got to unlock those leg irons of sin, wherever they hold you. ... more »In personal habits, for instance, or in laws and religious rules, or in the mores of popular culture.
Also, Free to Obey says that it isn't enough to be free FROM, you've also got to be free TO. People are not made happy by having no obligations. The most exhilerating freedom, then, is found in obedience to Christ. Peter Toon says, "Freedom in Christ is absolute freedom, for he is total Savior... His freedom is a freedom to glorify God..." Learning the steps of freedom is the complex vocation Christians are called to. Free to Obey lends sharp, scriptural advice to this task of liberation.« less