Virtue is intimately associated with freedom. Think of self-control. While it seems that self-control–saying “No” to the self–is a form of self-limitation it is actually a form of self-liberation. Contrast the addict or the impulsive shopper with the self-controlled person. Who is more free? The person pushed and pulled by compulsions, cravings, and obsessions? Or the person able to master herself? In short, virtue–the Fruits of the Spirit–creates freedom. In becoming more Christ-like be become more human and more free.

An excerpt from this blog post on free will via Experimental Theology.

Drawing above by Tom Ngo

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