Category: Free to Live Series

  • Free to Live by Faith

    Free to Live by Faith

    This post is part of the Free to Live series. Find the whole series here. In his “Allegory of the Cave,” the Greek philosopher Plato invites listeners to step into the illustration of captive people chained deep below the dark earthen fold. The people were chained in such a way that they could look only…

  • Free to Live With Joy

    Free to Live With Joy

    This post is part of the Free to Live series. Find the whole series here. “Letters are not written in a vacuum. There’s always a backstory to them. Think of a combat soldier’s letter to his wife, a parent’s letter to a confused child at college, or a pastor’s letter to a troubled soul who…

  • We Are Free to Live

    We Are Free to Live

    The Bible translator’s brief introduction to Paul’s letter to the Galatians in my NIV Bible is one well worth spending some time thinking about: Paul’s letter to the church in Galatia is a short version of the message in Romans. Paul addresses legalism, showing how Christ brought freedom from, not bondage to the Jewish laws.…