{"product_id":"free-and-locked-up-john-w-hoyum-9781956658255","title":"Free and Locked Up!: Essays Delivered at the Lutheran Study Days 2020 Conference in Bergen, Norway","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe theme of freedom is ever-present for those who inhabit the modern western world. To be free, most people assume, means to be free over and against the state and one's neighbor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Luther's conception of freedom is decidedly different from the usual story we tell about what it means to be a free human being. For Luther, to be free doesn't mean isolation from or opposition to one's neighbor, but freedom is the kind of liberty that empowers human beings to service of those around them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue freedom comes only from the promise of free grace in Jesus Christ delivered through the preaching of the gospel and the delivery of the sacraments. To be free in Christ involves a rediscovery of God's creation: that God has made us vessels of his goodness for those he has placed into our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems fitting that these essays, delivered at the virtual Lutheran Study Days, were read at the height of the novel coronavirus pandemic, in summer 2020, when we were all feeling that freedom seemed elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hoyum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1956658254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956658255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517 Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"John Hoyum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074634477823,"sku":"9781956658255","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d17d058-b0e4-46e0-a2a9-c8b686a85048.jpg?v=1685454887","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/free-and-locked-up-john-w-hoyum-9781956658255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}