Legalism Quotes
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Jesus does what legalism can never do: he gives us a new heart and a new spirit. Without
— Tim Chester
Do we use the Word of God only as a cue card to commandeer our external behavior?
— Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
Conceit makes the way God deals with me personally the binding standard for others.
— Oswald Chambers
Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
— Tullian Tchividjian
Law will take over because law always carries with it a sense of security and manipulative power.
— Richard J. Foster
Lord, please protect me from Your people.
— Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
Legalism is man-centered; discipline is God-centered.
— Barbara Hughes
The road itself tells us far more than signs do.
— Tom Vanderbilt
Security is by far the city's predominant business.
— Ron Suskind
No man is such a legalist as the good Secularist.
— G.K. Chesterton
Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism.
— Philip Yancey
When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it legalism.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Christ didn't join in. He saw which direction the rocks were being thrown, and became a shield.
— Criss Jami
She was artificially narrowing herself, amputating every humane and tender piece that didn't fit into a rigid frame.
— David Brooks
A low view of law always produces legalism; a high view of law makes a person a seeker after grace.
— John Gresham Machen
Opportunities have often felt like obligations to me.
— Kevin DeYoung
Legalism is seeking to achieve forgiveness from GOD and acceptance by GOD through my obedience to GOD
— C.J. Mahaney
Men promise freedom while establishing laws; God promises laws while establishing freedom.
— Criss Jami
Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law ...
— Martin Luther
Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.
— Rebecca Goldstein
A sure way to have someone crushed by their doubt is to preach a sermon on how to remove your doubt.
— Matt Chandler
Religions find lasting utility in terms of prescription or parameter, rules for the conduct of human affairs.
— Ron Suskind
We're very comfortable thinking, good parenting in, good children out.
— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
Men raised in a culture of blood revenge do not change in a day.
— Geraldine Brooks
In America religion is the road to knowledge, and the observance of the divine laws leads man to civil freedom.
— Alexis De Tocqueville
Most moms and dads think they are either the best or the worst parents in the world. Both are wrong.
— Kevin DeYoung
According to Aquinas, effort may not be the best measure of our virtue.
— Jen Pollock Michel
We live Law to ourselves. Our reason is our Law.
— John Milton
Moralism and its stepchild, legalism, reduce the love story of God for his people to the observance of burdensome duties and oppressive laws.
— Brennan Manning
The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works.
— John H. Gerstner
The knowledge of God's Word without love is a destructive force because it puffs us up with pride and legalism.
— John Bevere
I can turn every "is" into "ought ".
— Kevin DeYoung
Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.
— Tullian Tchividjian
If there is one thing worse that the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.
— G.K. Chesterton
At its heart, legalism is a desire to appear holy. It is trying to be justified before men and not God.
— David Wilkerson
He fetishized limits.
— Rick Perlstein
Only Christ can free us from the prison of legalism, and then only if we are willing to be freed.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Accumulating orthodoxy makes it harder year-by-year to be a Christian than it was in Jesus' day.
— Brian D. McLaren
We've replaced the proclamation of Christ with an easy-listening legalism of do more and try harder.
— R.C. Sproul
She was just too curious to stay in a self-imposed mental straight-jacket for very long.
— David Brooks
Law without reason is criminal.
— Criss Jami
The secret impetus behind legalism is its competitiveness. The point is not just to win: it's to beat everyone else.
— Mark Buchanan
Absolute excellence is rarely to be found in any legislation.
— Alexis De Tocqueville
Legalism always breeds compliance over purpose.
— Ravi Zacharias
To dream in doctrines, how tidy!
— John Le Carre
