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Funny Freedom Reality
Dr. Orville Boyd Jenkins
A review of the book by Beth Moore
Breaking Free:  Making Liberty in Christ a Reality in Life
(Nashville:  Broadman and Holman, 2000.  289p.)

2006 Edition Lage Print with Dale McCleskey

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This funny and erudite writer-teacher has produced a dynamic study on the freedom that faith brings in relationship with Christ.  She has included personal and third-party vignettes that make points along the way, keeping this practical.

Moore is an entertaining and focused communicator.  I have had the privilege of hearing her in person as well as on her taped video courses and have read several of her books.  She is hilarious and makes important contributions to the lives of her audience in whatever topic she addresses.

Her careful research into scriptural backgrounds and themes is underscored by her explanation of all the key words from Hebrew or Greek.  Moore gives great care to understanding the nuances and intentions of the original text.  I recommend this as a serious theological study of the concept of freedom in faith, as well as a practical guide to awareness and experience of the freedom Christians have.  Freedom from all sorts of bondage, external or self-imposed.

Moore addresses the problem of bondage created by "scripts" we write either
(1)  in response to early life experiences or
(2)  from the expectations of those around us.
She offers specific practical suggestions for changing the mindsets and guiding psychological scripts that drive us into patterns of behavior that may not be healthy.  And she provides spiritual insights that enable the reader-hearer to claim with confidence the freedom offered in Faith in Christ.

This is an entertaining and practical resource for a richer life.

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Written for Thoughts and Resources and Amazon 30 October 2009

Orville Boyd Jenkins, EdD, PhD
Copyright © 2009 Orville Boyd Jenkins
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