Liberty

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Jul 7, 2026 · 6m

Throughout history, “liberty” has carried radically different meanings. In pagan cultures, liberty meant freedom from restraint especially moral and sexual restraint. It was celebrated in fertility cults, festivals, and carnivals where lawlessness was treated as a virtue and indulgence as a social duty. This idea of liberty was not about justice, responsibility, or human dignity, but about license: the supposed right to do as one pleased.

Biblical liberty stands in direct contrast. Scripture presents liberty as freedom under God’s law, not freedom from it. God’s law is described as “the…