What we talk about when we talk about freedom

"For freedom Christ has set us free" (Galatians 5:1)

"What We Talk About When We Talk About Freedom" is a 24min talk given by David Zahl to close the 2011 Mockingbird Conference.

After briefly reviewing the conference and discussing different perspectives on what the freedom at the heart of Christianity is he finds the most significant meaning of freedom is freedom from yourself; or to use the jargon, imputation.

This freedom from yourself works itself out in four ways (among others):

1. Freedom from judgement
2. Freedom from obligation
3. Freedom from time
4. Freedom from freedom

I got quite emotional listening to this talk. I've listened to it four times over the last day because it penetrated so deeply.