Robert Morris' Truly Free: Breaking the Snares that So Easily Entangle attempts to answer some important questions: If Christians are supposed to find
freedom in Christ, why does life continue to feel so burdened down? Why
do some Christians continue to deal with the same sin?
Morris begins where any good spiritual theology begins -- with the goodness of God known in Jesus Christ. That brings Morris to deal with issues that we don't talk about so often in the modern world -- questions like the demonic and its activity. But unlike so many poorly developed theologies of the demonic, Morris turns to the stories of the gospels in an attempt to highlight how really enchanted our world is for Christians. And he does this by speaking words of grace to our world.
In the remaining chapters, Truly Free looks at those specific "snares" that are such a part of Christian living in our world: Pride, bitterness, greed, lust and the snares of the mind, and finally the snares of past wounds. Chapter 9 ("Breaking the Snares of Past Wounds") alone is worth the price of the book.
Morris has given us a practical look at Christian spirituality in the world in which we live.
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Morris begins where any good spiritual theology begins -- with the goodness of God known in Jesus Christ. That brings Morris to deal with issues that we don't talk about so often in the modern world -- questions like the demonic and its activity. But unlike so many poorly developed theologies of the demonic, Morris turns to the stories of the gospels in an attempt to highlight how really enchanted our world is for Christians. And he does this by speaking words of grace to our world.
In the remaining chapters, Truly Free looks at those specific "snares" that are such a part of Christian living in our world: Pride, bitterness, greed, lust and the snares of the mind, and finally the snares of past wounds. Chapter 9 ("Breaking the Snares of Past Wounds") alone is worth the price of the book.
Morris has given us a practical look at Christian spirituality in the world in which we live.
___________________
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookLook Bloggers <http://booklookbloggers.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
