Legal Troubles?

I am not going to defend legalism. In fact, I don't like it.

But what I don't like, is when people attack it on false pretenses. Most don't like it because it is "mean."

I think we should not like it because it lacks substance. Yes it demands hard things, but not out of any change in heart. Ultimately it lacks the cross.

So often to react against this, we get rid of the meanness. Unfortunately that doesn't that doesn't make it any different. Whether seeker sensitive, or liberal mainline, the result is still the same. A lot of nice, a lot of fluff, but very little of what matters. Of course grace is important. Ask me on my best day, and I will tell you that I still need grace.

Both need a good ol' shot of the Cross of Jesus Christ. Balancing grace, and hard things. "Carry your cross" sort of things. But also real authentic love sort of things. We should preach the fullness of Christ always and intentionally.