Freedom
Freedom is another word that the disingenuous enjoy. Just as the Tolerazis cry ‘intolerance’ and pose as victims even while they terrorize and bully others,… Read More »Freedom
legalism
The Heart and Outward Appearances
In any political campaign, some politicians would like to reduce policy statements to slogans and soundbites. Soundbites, however, admit no qualifications or nuancing. They resist… Read More »The Heart and Outward Appearances
Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? Concluding Thoughts
Included in faulty ideas of what legalism is are the notions that it is interpreting Scripture literally, making applications for modern living, exhorting submission, and… Read More »Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? Concluding Thoughts
Will The Real Legalist Please Stand Up? – Judging Culture
Christians often imbibe facile and unhelpful definitions of legalism. One of these is the idea that legalism is the act of judging the meaning cultural phenomena,… Read More »Will The Real Legalist Please Stand Up? – Judging Culture
Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? Authority and Submission
Conservative Christians are often accused of legalism. To understand what legalism is, we must first understand what it is not. One common misconception is that… Read More »Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? Authority and Submission
Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? – Application of Scripture
Avoiding legalism is firstly a matter of rightly understanding what it is. To begin with, we must reject incorrect definitions of legalism. One such error… Read More »Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? – Application of Scripture
Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? – Introduction
Conservative Christians are not strangers to the charge of legalism. Begin tinkering with the sacred cows of worship music and Christian culture, and you will… Read More »Will the Real Legalist Please Stand Up? – Introduction