Comments on: Legalism is just the first sin all over again https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:02:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/#comment-1624 Wed, 10 Dec 2003 04:23:05 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=333#comment-1624 comment

Amen to your web site on legalism. I was raised in a very legalistic religion but the Lord delivered me through a revelation of his grace. You might want to check out my web site which also provides information about the book I wrote on my deliverance.

Jim Clifford
Author: “I Lost My Religion – When I Found Amazing Grace”

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/#comment-1623 Tue, 04 Nov 2003 13:25:30 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=333#comment-1623 “…..Oh yeah, pride’s a far, far bigger problem than lust. Lust can destroy your marriage and your family, but pride can do all that and then some…..”

I agree pride is a destructive force, but don’t agree that it’s more so than lust….They are both sins neither one greater or lesser than the other. If left unchecked both have the power to ruin your life.

“Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can’t really get rid of it.” – C S Lewis

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/#comment-1622 Sat, 17 May 2003 03:13:40 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=333#comment-1622 OT – news from Dave Benke
>Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 20:10:39 EDT
>
>I called Ray Hartwig this afternoon, and received the news that Schulz had
>NOT filed prior to midnight last night, and had in fact sent an email to
>Ray
>indicating that he would not be filing any appeal for review.
>
>So…………IT’S OVER! All thanks and praise to God!
>
>
>Here’s the format for the next few days:
>Jerry Kieschnick releases his overview, including many excerpts from the
>decision
>I send out letters and stuff and put things on the various websites
>Chip Froelich puts the decision itself minus the names of the panelists on
>several websites
>Media people do their thing, who knows what will happen
>Life continues
>
Sorry to hang an OT post–just my less than clever way around no e-mail

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/#comment-1621 Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:46:16 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=333#comment-1621 Yeah, that’s gotta be the way to go. Our church is really big on “small groups” (esp. since it’s so large). Guess I need to figure out just how to begin contacting like-minded people. We’ve only been going to this church for about six months and we really don’t know more than a handful of people. I’ll start by emailing the head of the Fellowship Ministry and see if there’s already a group of “cradle Episcopalian, C.S. Lewis fans” 😉

BTW, here’s the Christ Episcopal Church homepage in case anyone’s interested.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/#comment-1625 Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:44:15 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=333#comment-1625 You could try to do what I did: There wasn’t a group like I needed at church, so I found a couple of like-minded people and we started one. Then 9 other people showed up. And at our peak, a total of 30 people showed up. Realistically, 3-4 people is a pretty good number. Ideally, I prefer 8 or fewer. The like-minded people don’t necessarily even need to go to the same church. We’ve got people from 3 or 4 other churches who come to ours sometimes (and some of them aren’t even Lutheran–we have one Catholic who’s always there, and another one who’s usually there).

Small groups and PK aren’t good substitutes for one another. They can complement each other but they’re really going after different sets of needs. I wouldn’t be without my group, or some kind of group (I’d start another one if this one disbanded).

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/#comment-1627 Mon, 26 Aug 2002 14:15:33 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=333#comment-1627 Yup, Mere Christianity was the one I was reading all right 🙂

I really like the way Lewis goes about explaining things, esp. “hard” concepts for members of modern, Western countries (e.g. what obedience is and what it implies). I really wish there was a group I could get together with at church that went at Bible study in this spirit. I’m all for things like Promise Keepers if that’s what a person needs – it just doesn’t do it for me (never have been much of a sports fan, and I think I already know to get my butt up off the couch and do the dishes, care for my son, etc… 😉

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/#comment-1626 Sun, 25 Aug 2002 01:24:15 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=333#comment-1626 Oh yeah, pride’s a far, far bigger problem than lust. Lust can destroy your marriage and your family, but pride can do all that and then some.

And Mere Christianity is a must-read, absolutely. C.S. Lewis knew how to study the Bible, not that it should be any great surprise. He was a Lit professor.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/legalism-is-just-the-first-sin-all-over-again/#comment-1631 Sat, 24 Aug 2002 14:41:19 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=333#comment-1631 Good point. I’ve been reading C.S. Lewis again (good Anglican that I am 😉 and he makes an extremely good case that Pride is the worst of the “Seven Deadly Sins.”

If one were to listen to the talk that was coming out of alot of Christian churches, evangelists, etc…you’d think Lust was our biggest problem – but it’s not.

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