Nothing to Prove by Jennie Allen
Week 8: Chapter 7 — Free
Read Chapter 7 of Nothing to Prove. Key passages: Galatians 5:1; John 8:36; Romans 6:18.
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Freedom is the natural result of truly believing you have nothing to prove — but Allen is clear that freedom has a shape, a direction, and a purpose.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Allen describes a freedom that is not the absence of commitment but the presence of grace — a freedom that liberates us for something rather than just from something. How does that reframing sit with you? What have you thought 'freedom' mostly means?
2.Galatians 5:1 says, 'For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.' What are the yokes — old patterns, approval-seeking behaviors, perfectionism — that you most easily slip back into?
3.Allen is honest that freedom can feel terrifying, especially for people whose identity has been built around performance and productivity. If your to-do list and your achievements were stripped away, who would you be? Does that question feel freeing or frightening?