Liberty is Not Lost Forever

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

Patrick Henry
Address to the 2nd Virginia Convention, 1775

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Christian liberty has been a constant consideration for me for many years. With every passing month it seems another attack on our God-given freedoms is launched from the very agencies that are supposed to protect them. For those of us who are concerned about this direction in our government and culture, we find it difficult to know precisely what to do. Part of our trouble is that we often want social benefits from government that are not Biblically sanctioned. These many benefits have to be funded with other people’s money. We are in these cases asking our government to enslave our neighbors for our benefit by demanding their cash for our desired ends. We want liberty for ourselves, but we are willing to enslave our neighbors in order to get benefits we desire. We are full of contradictions. That is a part of our sinful human condition. I have been working out a Biblical perspective on liberty for many years, endeavoring to become a consistent Christian on these issues.

I am happy to introduce my most recent book, Give Me Liberty, is available in the Amazon Kindle store. This book on the subject of liberty contains my best writing on a topic very close to my heart. This discussion is not one that may be left to the annals of history and the likes of statesman Patrick Henry. It is a battle that continues in full force in our day, and must be fought by people of Christian courage. I hope this book will help you as we think through assumptions and misconceptions common to the discussion of liberty in our day, and be a blessing to you as you seek to break free from the shackles of slavery and live the life of liberty that is offered by our God.

For Christian Culture,

Don Schanzenbach