Obedience is Freedom
Obedience is Freedom

Author: Jacob Phillips

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2022-04-21

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1509549358

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The virtue of obedience is seen as outdated today, if not downright toxic – and yet, are we any freer than our forebears? In this provocative work, Jacob Phillips argues not. Many feel unable to speak freely, their opinions policed by the implicit or explicit threat of coercion. Impending ecological disaster is the ultimate threat to our freedoms and wellbeing, and living in a disenchanted cosmos leaves people enslaved to nihilistic whim. Phillips shows that the antiquated notion of obedience to the moral law contains forgotten dimensions, which can be a source of freedom from these contemporary fetters. These dimensions of obedience – such as loyalty, discipline and order – protect people from falling prey to the subtle forms of coercion, control and domination of twenty-first-century life. Fusing literary insight with philosophical discussion and cultural critique, Phillips demonstrates that in obedience lies the path to true freedom.

The Liberty of Obedience
The Liberty of Obedience

Author: Elisabeth Elliot

Publisher: Regal Books

Published: 2003-11

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9780830734566

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When, on the first night of our arrival in the "savage" Aucas village, they gave us houses to live in, food and water and wood and fire, things were not so simple for me. My categories began to crumble. I had thought I knew what a savage was like. I had thought I knew exactly how the Gospel would change him. As weeks passed, I began to realize that not only had I been mistaken about these things, but very likely I was just as mistaken about some other categories which had seemed clear before. How readily I had seen Christian virtues in those I called Christians in my own country, and the "works of the flesh" in those who did not bear the Christian label. What was I now to do with the apparent manifestation of virtue -- peace, longsuffering, kindness -- in those who had never heard of Christ? Things were not as I had thought.

What Is Freedom?
What Is Freedom?

Author: Toby Buckle

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0197572219

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This book presents a unique collection of interviews on the meaning of freedom in the modern world. Drawing on the expertise of the world's leading historians, philosophers, and most influential activist it takes up the question of our highest ideal from a diverse and exciting range of perspectives.

Loving King Jesus
Loving King Jesus

Author: Bob Beasley

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-10

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 9780989092234

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Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." For the Christian, obedience to Christ is axiomatic, it goes without saying. But what many do not understand is that godly obedience is the way to a life characterized by a peace, joy , and freedom that the world cannot know. We don't obey God to gain our salvation. Salvation is God's free gift through faith in the work of Jesus Christ in His life, death, and resurrection. But once saved, a Christian is given a deep desire to love God and want to obey. This book is a study of the way to do that very thing.

The Insanity of Obedience
The Insanity of Obedience

Author: Nik Ripken

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 143368229X

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Wise Sheep Among the Wolves All Christian disciples have one thing in common: as they carry the gospel across the ocean and across the street, persecution will become the norm for those who choose to follow Jesus. How believers respond in the face of persecution reveals everything about their level of faith and obedience. The Insanity of Obedience is a bold challenge to global discipleship. Nik Ripken exposes the danger of safe Christianity and calls readers to something greater. The Insanity of Obedience challenges Christians in the same, provocative way that Jesus did. This book dares you—and prepares you—to cross the street and the oceans with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Some of Jesus’ instructions sound uncomfortable and are potentially dangerous. We may be initially encouraged by His declaration, “I am sending you out.” But how are we to respond when He then tells us that He is sending us out “like sheep among wolves"? In light of the words of Jesus, how can modern day believers rest comfortably in the status quo? How can we embrace casual faith in light of the radical commands of Jesus which are anything but casual? Ripken brings decades of ministry experience in some of the most persecuted areas of the world to bear on our understanding of faith in Jesus. The Insanity of Obedience is a call to roll up your sleeves . . . and to follow and partner with Jesus in the toughest places on this planet. "We have the high privilege of answering Jesus’ call to go," Ripken says. "But let us be clear about this: we go on His terms, not ours. If we go at all, we go as sheep among wolves." Jesus gives us Himself. And He gives us the tools necessary for those who dare to journey with Him.

Radical Obedience
Radical Obedience

Author: Ollie Fobbs

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9781514240083

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Radical Obedience is about looking through the kingdom principles of our faith and developing a style of faith in Christ that is suitable for each of us, Radical Obedience is a series of books that will reveal the underscored word of God, to reveal things and thoughts that at least in my life had been over looked, or, overshadowed by a harsh lifestyle. After growing up in Richmond Virginia, the Lord said to me, move from this place and go back home, well my first thought, was; It is going to take more than God to get me back to North Carolina, then, the Lord took his hand off of me and crazy things began to happen, that was when I learned about Radical Obedience. This is too much to put into one book, so, I am putting it into 16 books, each one will deal with the possibility of all of us being able to develop Radical Obedience. Will it happen for everybody? I don't believe that it will, why? Because most readers read, just to be reading, they don't read to apply what was read, so in each of these books, it is a constant rotation of what was said, then repeated.

The Bliss of Obedience
The Bliss of Obedience

Author: Baltazar B. Kyser

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9781719938457

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I have stories to tell, examples to show, joy to spread, perspectives to give, knowledge to explain and love to understand! The word choice is to include all people in within the situations- like a class; to allow an expression of hope and breaking a thought of 'I'm alone', but not to make people feel pressured or restless. This book is to create an open imagination to the reality and depth to the experiences and to present a firm freedom provided in these chapters!