Liberalism says something like this, “Because I am accepted by God, I can do pretty much whatever I want.” On the other extreme, legalism says, “I am accepted by God because I am a good and obedient person.” Both of these positions are wrong,...
When we sit down to play a game that we’ve never played before, we ask, “So, what are the rules?” People often think of Christianity in the same way. They want to know, “What are the rules?” I must admit, I struggle with this myself. But...
I’ve been accused of being legalistic countless times. In fact, any Christian who insists there are things we must do has probably been called legalistic. But, what is legalism and what does it really mean to be legalistic? I think there are at least two...
People throw around the term “Pharisee” a lot today. I think many are confused about what it means to be a Pharisee. There are probably a lot of Pharisees running around today, but let’s be careful about who we call pharisaical. Using mostly the book of Matthew (the...
