Legalism Quotes

I can turn every "is" into "ought ".

According to Aquinas, effort may not be the best measure of our virtue.

Jen Pollock Michel

with the police doing all the killing, who do we call when our hero's are the villain

one primary enemy of the Gospel—legalism—comes in two forms. Some people avoid the gospel and try to save themselves by keeping the rules, doing what they’re told, maintaining the standards, and so on (you could call this “front-door legalism”). Other people avoid the gospel and try to save themselves by breaking the rules, doing whatever they want, developing their own autonomous standards, and so on (you could call this “back-door legalism”).

Tullian Tchividjian

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.