According to the article, True Freedom, the author Jayme Durant states, "We often think of freedom in a military sense—a war is won, soldiers return home, prisoners are freed, and bullets no longer fly. People walk their streets in safety, and citizens enjoy such rights as free speech, voting, and worshipping as they choose... But true freedom is found at a spiritual level". The author is saying that we are told that freedom is something that is physical, but really it is spiritual. Without inner freedom, we are not at all free. Just because we live in the US doesn't make our minds free, just our outer body.

In The Fixer, Yakov Bok is faced with the question what is true freedom? In the book Yakov is put in prison for a crime he did not commit and is has to decide what true freedom really is. In the end, it doesn't matter if you are outwardly free, because if you are not inherently free, freedom is not accessible.

In the article Durant writes, “As believers, we struggle for freedom within, and our opponents aren’t always those wearing an enemy uniform ... But often face far more formidable enemies—we struggle against our own sin nature, worries, fears, and even our Devils". She is saying that outward freedom isn't real freedom. Our outward freedom can be at risk to enemies, but the real freedom is religious and inner freedoms.