We live in a world convinced that security is the most reliable context for freedom. The bitter irony of this conviction is that the havens of security we create are unable to provide the freedom we seek. The quest for national, economic, or personal security too often generates compulsive patterns of life at the expense of genuine freedom. Christian tradition offers an alternative. In biblical perspective, it is obedience rather than security that forms the proper context for freedom. Thus, the Christian vision of freedom is focused through the lens of a paradox: For those who care for their own safety are lost, and those who lose their life for my sake will find their true self (Matt. 16:25 [Wording of NEB and NRSV combined]) -John S. Mogabgab, Editors Introduction, Weavings (May/June 1988)
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