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  <title><![CDATA[On Christian Liberty (Facets)]]></title>
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  <default_description>The subject of freedom is both timely and poignantly relevant today. For the Christian, this freedom is liberty from sin and death, and the opportunity to serve one's neighbor. Written in a simple style, &quot;Christian Liberty&quot; conveys significant spiritual insight into the grace of God and liberating faith in Christ Jesus.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I give it a 3.5 but rounded up on the stars. Luther contends that by putting assurance of salvation on works the Christian is contradicting the work of Christ and the promises of God.   Nonetheless, Luther’s conviction is that this freedom does not exclude Christians from works but rather should b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50816768">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it online.  Concise and excellent.  Fuel for freedom and peace over sin, anxiety, and defeatism.<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ctsfw.edu/etext/luther/freedom/harvard/freedom2.txt" title="http://www.ctsfw.edu/etext/luther/freedom/harvard/freedom2.txt">http://www.ctsfw.edu/etext/luther/freedo...</a><br/><br/><br/>A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to <br/>none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61547044">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Refreshing and rich. He argues for faith alone in Christ alone for justification vs. the popularly held view of works based salvation.<br/><br/>Poignant Quotes:<br/><br/>&quot;Thus the believing soul by means of the pledge of its faith is free in Christ, its bridegroom, free from all sins, secur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9849204">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A brilliant book by a sadomasochistic bigot. There's a limited resemblance to Schopenhauer in that each was obsessed with a single thought whose logic he combed through exhaustively; but Luther's thought is totally dependent on a childish rescue fantasy, whereas Schopenhauer's depends on an odd blen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8870063">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very short, very awesome]]></body>
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