Freedom

Happy 4th of July!  Today I am thankful for every man and woman who has ever been a part of defending our nation’s freedom. In this freedom frame of mind, I offer these quotes. . . 

“Any nation which for an extended period puts pleasure before liberty is likely to lose the liberty it misused.” —A. W. Tozer, Man: The Dwelling Place of God

“There are laws that enslave men, and laws that set them free.” —from the movie, First Knight (starring Sean Connery as King Arthur)

“What causes most trouble for Christians of all ages is not legalism or lack of faith or theological controversies; it is Jesus Himself, who bestows freedom so openhandedly and dangerously on those who do not know what to do with it.” —Brennan Manning, Lion and Lamb

“I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the things we need.  And that's the tricky thing about life, really, that the things we want most will kill us.”  —Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz