13 quotes found
“When everything is a law, nothing is a law.”
“Accumulating orthodoxy makes it harder year-by-year to be a Christian than it was in Jesus' day.”
“No man is such a legalist as the good Secularist.”
“We do not admire, we hardly excuse, the fanatic who wrecks this world for love of the other but what are we to say of the fanatic who wrecks this world out of hatred for the other? He sacrifices th...”
“The knowledge of Gods Word without love is a destructive force because it puffs us up with pride and legalism.”
“one primary enemy of the Gospellegalismcomes in two forms. Some people avoid the gospel and try to save themselves by keeping the rules, doing what theyre told, maintaining the standards, and so on...”
“We have invented a moral sense which is rotting now that we can't give it employment, and when a moral sense begins to rot, it is worse than when you had none. I suppose that all endeavors which ar...”
“People will do the basest things on account of their so-called honor.”
“Morality often involves tension within the group motivated by competition between different groups.”
“Law will take over because law always carries with it a sense of security and manipulative power.”
“The knowledge of God’s Word without love is a destructive force because it puffs us up with pride and legalism.”
“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...”