Called to Freedom: Retrieving Christian Liberty in an Age of License (Christ in Everything)

“The joy of reading a clear thinker is that you start thinking clearly yourself, and how badly does America need clear thinking on the topic of what freedom means. This is a must read for any Christian in America.”

“Called to Freedom is a breath of fresh air. Rooted in biblical wisdom, it accessibly retrieves central Reformation insights for some of the most pressing issues of our day. Littlejohn is a thoughtful Protestant voice on the nature of both spiritual and political liberty.”

“Americans love freedom, but many of us embrace profoundly warped understandings of spiritual, moral, and political liberty. Called to Freedom offers thoughtful reflections on each of these freedoms and considers how properly understanding them might inform how we think about technology, markets, and religious liberty. Every Christian family should buy a copy of this book, read it together, and discuss its implications.”

“Christians are called to freedom. What might this mean, in light of our understanding that economic, political and, more recently, technological freedom cannot, by themselves, deliver us from bondage? Brad Littlejohn reminds us that we have been here before, and that the Christian Reformers can again be our guides. Here is a book that understands that freedom can only find its true support in the purified human heart.”

“Called to Freedom is a tour de force and a much-needed consideration of freedom as defined by Christianity. Brad Littlejohn’s book represents one of the most important books on freedom to emerge in recent decades. This work is informed by Christianity’s classical intellectual tradition, and it engages some of the most contemporary challenges to freedom in our own times. This volume is thoughtful, timely, eloquent, engaging, and urgently needed. So, exercise your freedom, and read it.”

“If, as Brad Littlejohn thinks, we inhabit ‘two parallel worlds of discourse’ about freedom, how can the call of freedom be recovered from the wreckage of contemporary rhetoric? Can the heirs of the Protestant Reformation lay hold on the resources to guide them in doing so? This is a book to make you more hopeful about that possibility, and yet more aware of the discrimination and thoughtfulness it requires. As you get into each chapter, allow yourself enough time for the complexities that freedom throws in your path. It will be an education you cannot regret.”

“The most pressing battles of our day involve anthropology—our understanding of what it means to be human. From psychology to religion, from sexuality to social order, we are awash in a sea of confusion, and running through all these battles are confused and conflicting notions of freedom. Thankfully, Brad Littlejohn has written a book to untangle the Gordian Knot of Liberty. In this clear and accessible book, Littlejohn shows himself to be a true scribe of the kingdom, bringing out of the storehouse of Christendom treasures old and new, and weaving together spiritual freedom, moral freedom, and political freedom with scholarly and pastoral care. Highly recommended.”

“My friend Brad Littlejohn is a ‘mind awake.’ Whatever he writes, he always gives you pause for consideration. Called to Freedom is a marvelous volume looking at freedom’s true meaning set against its counterfeits. Using his gifts and training in both history and moral theology, Littlejohn helps us see that liberty is not autonomy for autonomy’s sake. True freedom is the freedom to conform ourselves to God. Littlejohn is a trusted guide in helping Christians understand the connection between spiritual freedom and true political freedom.”