“Religion to me almost like when God leaves – and people devise a set of rules to fill in the space.” — Bono Copy Share Image
When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it 'legalism.' — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
“The knowledge of God’s Word without love is a destructive force because it puffs us up with pride and legalism.” — John Bevere Copy Share Image
“Legalism is concerned simply with external conformity and is blind to internal motivation.” — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
A low view of law always produces legalism; a high view of law makes a person a seeker after grace. — John Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
“If there is one thing worse that the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“People will do the basest things on account of their so-called honour.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“We live in an age so legalistic, we find it hard to imagine someone wanting to obey their Lord simply because they… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Must we always comment on life? Can it not simply be lived in the reality of Christ's terms of contact with the… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself. Most of our mainline Christian denominations,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I detest legalism. I certainly don't want to try to pour new wine into old wineskins, imposing superseded First Covenant restrictions on… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“Past and Present have different customs; new and old adopt different measures. To try to use the ways of a generous and… — Han Fei Copy Share Image
There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives… — Walter J Chantry Copy Share Image
You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
Legalism insists on conformity to manmade religious rules and requirements, which are often unspoken but are nevertheless very real... There are far… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of this matter… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“God is not a God of confusion, although at times one's judgment, for a period, may become clouded in the mi(d)st of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“We have a crippling tendency to forget what God has done for us. For a while, we’re humbled. Then, if we do… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“Legalism is a more dangerous disease than alcoholism because it doesn’t look like one. Alcoholism makes men fail; legalism helps them succeed… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Morals are difficult things to talk about, but what has happened is that we have invented a moral sense, which is rotting… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Tolerance is not a spiritual gift; it is the distinguishing mark of postmodernism; and sadly, it has permeated the very fiber of… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“So many of those who take Christ into the world, whether it be it's missionaries or artists, are tied by those who… — Steve Stockman Copy Share Image
“My belief is that, morally, God and Satan are vaguely on the same page. According to the common understanding of Satan's origins,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“I believe that secularism is not the enemy of spirituality. Our spirits are in fact secular and free. But the enemy of… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“This is so whether the said body of citizens or its prevailing part does this directly of itself, or commits the task… — Marsilius of Padua Copy Share Image
“...it is a mistake to reduce every decision about Christian living to a "Heaven-or-Hell issue." For example, some ask if the Bible… — David K. Bernard Copy Share Image
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Legalism The weight we are describing is called legalism. It is a form of religious perfectionism that focuses on the careful performance… — David R. Johnson Copy Share Image
“How do we stay on the narrow path of following God's will in every sphere of life? How do we maintain sure… — Rob Rienow Copy Share Image
On many occasions I have been asked if I think persecution will come to the Western church. My answer might surprise you.… — Brother Yun Copy Share Image
Legalism lacks the supreme sense of worship. It obeys but it does not adore. — Geerhardus Vos Copy Share Image
The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we do to each other. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Only Christ can free us from the prison of legalism, and then only if we are willing to be freed. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Christianity is at its purest a philosophy about a person, Jesus Christ, and at its dirtiest a philosophy about requirements and law.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
