The Scaffolding of Freedom
Speaker: Drew Bennett Series: Pilgrims and Priests Passage: 1 Peter 2:13–17
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Outline
Hook: Who has tie-breaking authority?
Doctrine: Institutions are molds not platforms.
I. FEAR GOD
"The fear of God is the soul of godliness." - John Murray
II. HONOR THE EMPEROR
"Those of us in the West have been taught to believe so deeply in the authority and autonomy of the individual that subjecting our own thoughts to external authorities is utterly counterintuitive. ... many of us are inclined to believe that if something does not make sense the first time we look at it, it - and not we - must be wrong." - Carl Trueman
III. LOVE THE BROTHERS
"Being is a zero-sum game: it's you or me. This cosmos isn't big enough for the two of us to be free." - Jean-Paul Sartre
Take-away: Live free!
Resources
- Yuval Levin, Time to Build
- Michael Reeves, Rejoice and Tremble
- James K.A. Smith, On the Road with St Augustine
- Carl Trueman, Crisis of Confidence
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