“ Christ didn't join in. He saw which direction the rocks were being thrown, and became a shield. Criss Jami
“ To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience. In our eagerness to get rid of the legalistic doctrine of works we have thrown out the… A.W. Tozer
“ These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief. Criss Jami
“ Our religious institutions are not giving very many men access to credible encounters with the holy or even with their own wholeness. We largely give men mandates, signposts, scaffolding and appealing… Richard Rohr
“ C.S. Lewis had come to demand of his nightly prayers a "realization," "a certain vividness of the imagination and the affectations" – a sure recipe for sleeplessness and misery. Philip Zaleski
“ Religion to me almost like when God leaves – and people devise a set of rules to fill in the space. Bono
“ (Pastor Chuck) Smith told his elders in no uncertain terms that if the church had to turn away young people because of bare feet and clothes that they would be better off ripping up the carpet and rep… Larry Eskridge
“ This is so whether the said body of citizens or its prevailing part does this directly of itself, or commits the task to another or others who are not and cannot be the legislator in an unqualified se… Marsiglio of Padua
“ 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 on… Tullian Tchividjian
“ Although he didn't care much about any subject for its own sake, he cared a great deal about marks (grades or comparisons). C.S. Lewis
“ Most moms and dads think they are either the best or the worst parents in the world. Both are wrong. Kevin DeYoung
“ 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 the v… G.K. Chesterton
“ Now a theist, he thought he should behave like one, even if it meant him during "the fussy, time-wasting, botheration of it all! the bells, the crowds, the umbrellas, the notices, the bustle, the perp… Philip Zaleski
“ There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality. Alexis de Tocqueville
“ In America religion is the road to knowledge, and the observance of the divine laws leads man to civil freedom. Alexis de Tocqueville
“ In the end, only God can see the heart of an individual and distinguish the difference between legalistic deadweight and the passion of holy solemnity. Criss Jami
