A Scandalous Freedom: The Radical Nature Of The Gospel

The book "A Scandalous Freedom" by Steve Brown discusses how Christians often do not trust freedom and prefer to live within boundaries set by others. It asserts that freedom means the ability to be wrong as well as right and Christianity often calls for us to live beyond these boundaries. Brown argues that freedom is dangerous but the alternative is worse, as it leads to a lack of expression of our unique gifts and joy in Christ. Each of the book's eleven chapters explores a common pharisaic tendency to restrict freedom, then opens the door to a remedial liberty.

Christians do not trust freedom. As author Steve Brown explains in this brave new book, they prefer the security of rules and self-imposed boundaries, which they tend to inflict on other Christians. Brown asserts that real freedom means the freedom to be wrong as well as right. Christianity often calls us to live beyond the boundaries, bolstered by the assurance that we cannot fall beyond God's love. Freedom is dangerous, but the alternative is worse -- boxing ourselves up where we cannot celebrate our unique gifts and express our joy in Christ. Each of the book's eleven chapters explores a common pharisaic, freedom-stifling tendency, then opens the door to the fresh air of a remedial liberty. A reader's delight, A Scandalous Freedom sometimes shocks with challenges to prevailing wisdom, but it follows up with compelling validations of our need to celebrate real, unstinted freedom in Christ.