Avoiding Quote by Gene Edwards Download Open image “Legalism is nothing but a leader's way of avoiding suffering.” — Gene Edwards ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avoiding Leader Leadership Legalism Suffering Way
“Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed to God's… — Kelly Minter Copy Share Image
Legalism lacks the supreme sense of worship. It obeys but it does not adore. — Geerhardus Vos 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 in the… — JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA Copy Share Image
“Legalism is concerned simply with external conformity and is blind to internal motivation.” — R.C. Sproul 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
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
“Legalism is seeking to achieve forgiveness from GOD and acceptance by GOD through my obedience to GOD” — C.J. Mahaney 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 else.” — Rob Rienow Copy Share Image
“Thus the essence of legalism is rooted not merely in our view of law as such but in a distorted view of God as… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Remove the centrality-of-Jesus-Christ message from ministry and meetings, and you can forget church life or organic meetings. He must be the center of everything...not in lip service, but in the dynamic experiential whole. — Gene Edwards Copy Share
God has a university. It's a small school. Few enroll; even fewer graduate. — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
“David was caught in a very uncomfortable position; however, he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood. Something that in our day, when men are wiser still, even fewer understand. And what was that? God… — Gene Edwards Copy Share
What does this world need: gifted men and women, outwardly empowered? Or individuals who are broken, inwardly transformed? — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
There is a vast difference between the outward clothing of the Spirit's power and the inward filling of the Spirit's life. In the first,… — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
Beginning empty handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just how sure they are that God is with… — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
You can easily tell when someone has been hit by a spear. he turns a deep shade of bitter. David never got hit. Gradually, he learned a very well-kept secret... One, never learn anything about the fashionable, easily mastered art of spear throwing. Two, stay out of the company of all spear throwers. And three, keep your mouth tightly closed.… — Gene Edwards Copy Share
It is the Father's life, and the Father's life alone, that ever lives the Christian life. It is the Father's life, and Father's life… — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
Understand this: The Bible presents Christ. You have an inner sense of an indwelling Lord. You either have that or you do not. The… — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
“Rules were invented by elders so they could get to bed early. Men who speak endlessly on authority only prove they have none. And… — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
“...he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few… — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
“God has a university. It’s a small school. Few enroll; even fewer graduate. Very, very few indeed. God has this school because he does… — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing, I learned calligraphy. I go to courses on selling, I read one book after another. But that's all a way of avoiding those moments when nothing is happening, because those blank spaces give me a feeling… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share
I can hardly believe what these 12 caricatures [about Prophet Muhammad] have caused in the world. We Danes feel like we have been placed in a scene in the wrong movie. But I don't see the fight as a clash of civilizations. Rather, we must focus on avoiding exactly this type of conflict. We have to return to dialogue, to… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen Copy Share
I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it. — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
I don't believe in happy endings. Children have got to face death sooner or later. Granny and Grandpa die, dogs die, cats die, gerbils… — Raymond Briggs Copy Share Image
Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses. — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
You know what takes effort? Being kind, being patient, being respectful, telling someone how you feel politely instead of just avoiding them for six… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting. — Craig Armstrong Copy Share Image
In my personal life I'm very conservative. I've been married to the same person for nearly 50 years, I'm scrupulous about paying bills, avoiding… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
