Barneyisfat

I have been re-reading "A Scandalous Freedom" by Steve Brown. It's in my top ten "must read" books right now. His premise is so radical, yet he is so conservative. The whole premise (summed up in one inadequate illustration) is

Dont' think about flying purple cows for the next five minutes.

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Did you think about flying purple cows? Probably.

But, now you are free to think about flying purple cows, or not. It doesn't matter.

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Well, you probably thought about them for a second or two and then the thought left your mind.

His premise is that we do the same thing with sin. We make such a big deal about the fact that we can't do it ... and we rob ourselves of the freedom Christ paid so dearly for.

We are free to sin ... and because of this, we are free to love and obediently follow God.

Brilliant.