The Bible speaks of breaking chains in two senses: the literal bonds of prisoners, which God bursts apart, and slavery to sin, from which Christ sets people free. Psalm 107:14 records it and Nahum 1:13 promises it, Acts 12:7 records Peter’s chains falling off, and John 8:34-36 and Romans 6:6-7 describe the second. The two meet in Isaiah 61:1, “to proclaim liberty to the captives,” which Jesus read aloud in the synagogue at Nazareth and said was fulfilled that day…
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