New Warhorn Media post by Tim Bayly:
Very loosely: if legalism, however defined, were our main issue, this piece would be worth keeping in mind. But legalism is not our main issue, and has not been in a very long time.
I do find myself sympathetic to the situation he outlined at the start of his piece, although his language is excessive. By all means, encourage people to grow in their application of the ordinary âmeans of graceâ. But donât let it get to the point of âdiminishing returnsâ, or telling people that they havenât prayed/worked/served hard enough. Truly that is being told to make âbricks without strawâ.
Example: in Scotland, much was made in times past of the need to âobserve the Sabbathâ, which we would agree is important. But the way it was done in Scotland, and next door in Northern Ireland - for example, completely shutting public parks on a Sunday - served to alienate people from church life and then the wider cause of the Gospel. As I see it, the Church of Scotland ended up putting the rules âcartâ before the Gospel âhorseâ, and people left church life, never to return.
Really? The church was raped⌠Today, we canât unknow what weâve since learned about this man the PCA refuses to discipline, and everything points perfectly to the shamedâs ressentiment. His prayer didnât âwork,â so he unleashes. As simple as that. Love,
I can see how Quiet Time Guilt could morph into guilt itself being the problem and any claim to moral behavior being legalism.
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