“Legalism is concerned simply with external conformity and is blind to internal motivation.” — R.C. Sproul 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
“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
“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
At its heart, legalism is a desire to appear holy. It is trying to be justified before men and not God. — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“A legalist is not someone who places divine law above all else. A legalist is someone who places human law above all… — Rob Rienow Copy Share Image
Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us. — Tullian Tchividjian 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
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 I certainly don't want to try to pour new wine into old wineskins, imposing superseded First Covenant restrictions on… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image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
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
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
“Legalism is adding human rules and regulations to the Bible, and judging others based on these new humanistic rules. Legalism is not… — Rob Rienow 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
There prevails still a subtle form of legalism which would rob the Saviour of his crown of glory, earned by the cross,… — Geerhardus Vos 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
“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
So long as we stand "under the Law", we cannot perceive this hidden unity of all the commandments. It is part of… — Emil Brunner Copy Share Image
“Our religious institutions are not giving very many men access to credible encounters with the holy or even with their own wholeness.… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Pharisees were the upstanding “conservative evangelical pastors” of their day, strongly convinced of the inerrancy of Scripture and its sufficiency for guidance… — Craig L. Blomberg Copy Share Image
Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Based on the stories present here, I believe that the church needs to decide how long it is going to coddle legalism… — Steve Brown Copy Share Image
If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example,… — Richard Rohr 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
“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
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
Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Conceit makes the way God deals with me personally the binding standard for others.” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Legalism, is preparing your own righteousness for heaven, being ignorant of the broad scope of the righteousness of God that requires perfection… — JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA Copy Share Image
“Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed… — Kelly Minter Copy Share Image
If you feel that you can follow a few little rules or some clever gimmicks to make you a mature Christian, then… — J. Vernon McGee Copy Share Image
The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The ironic thing about legalism is that it not only doesn't make people work harder, it makes them give up. Moralism doesn't… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“(Pastor Chuck) Smith told his elders in no uncertain terms that if the church had to turn away young people because of… — Larry Eskridge Copy Share Image
