Bible Quote by Craig L. Blomberg

“The Holy Spirit did not go into such detail about the Pharisees in the New Testament just so we could understand a group unique…

— J.D. Greear

“Legalism is adding human rules and regulations to the Bible, and judging others based on these new humanistic rules. Legalism is not taking the…

— Rob Rienow

When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it 'legalism.'

— Leonard Ravenhill

“Virtually the whole of the scriptures and the understanding of the whole of theology—the entire Christian life, even—depends upon the true understanding of the…

— Martin Luther

“Evangelicalism has defined itself by weakly supported boundary markers, which are justified by a flawed understanding of biblical interpretation and maintained by suppressing those…

— Jonathan Dudley

“The heart of the Pharisee is within us all, to redefine God's law so it doesn't apply to me anymore. It applies to my…

— Ron Pearce

“You didn't learn the Bible as a Fundamentalist. You learned fragments of Old Testament legalism mixed with Behaviorism & Nietzschean ethics”

— Jeri Massi

“He was, and is yet, most likely, the wearisomest, self-righteous pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself, and fling…

— Emily Brontë

“We make a fatal mistake when we try to force Scripture to offer redemption to those who want to go to heaven but who…

— Wayne Jacobsen

“At the time that the early Gospels were written, the Pharisees and the early Christians were competing for the hearts and minds of their…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“So this was all which these Pharisees and Scribes could see in the miracle of Christ's feeding the Multitude--that it had not been done…

— Alfred Edersheim

“Legalism, is preparing your own righteousness for heaven, being ignorant of the broad scope of the righteousness of God that requires perfection in the…

— JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA