'Ordinarily we think of freedom as scope to do what we feel like. We think in terms of freedom from, not of freedom unto. In Christian terms, freedom is about enabling commitment. The Biblical view of human nature, evidenced in Christ, regards the human being as essentially relational, oblative and covenantal. On this account, unhindered pursuit of momentary inclinations is not freedom. It it is enslavement to whim, which, empirically speaking, rarely produces last happiness. Sensational thrills can come of it, true, but they are not much of a foundation on which to construct a life.'
Erik Varden, Chastity, p.113.
