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"Called to Freedom"... but what does that mean?

January 22nd, 2025 | 9 min read

By Grant Sutherland

Brad Littlejohn. Called to Freedom: Retrieving Christian Liberty in an Age of License. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2025. $22.99, 192pp.

When one hears the word “freedom”, one might think of “the Freedom Convoy”—an organized protest by some Canadian truckers against vaccine mandates during Covid-19. Or perhaps one thinks of the idea of “bodily freedom” and the many ways that concept is applied and understood. The Bible would also come to mind, which speaks often about “freedom.” Are these kinds of freedom the same, or different? How do they fit together? Do they depend on each other? If so, how? And in what way? What is freedom, anyway?

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Grant Sutherland

Grant M. Sutherland is a Ph.D. candidate in historical theology at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University. His research focuses on early Christian doctrine, particularly the doctrine of the Trinity, Christology, and Scripture. He resides in Chilliwack, Canada, with his wife and their five children, where they attend Free Grace Baptist Church.