Comments on: You Are A Legalist

By: Blair

Blair — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:47:02 +0000

I just found your blog today and plan to look around. This one stung though! "You are a legalist if you think your higher standards make you more righteous."

By: guest

guest — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:05:55 +0000

I apologize for the tone of my post and with holding my name. You do not have to listen to anything I say. But please remember there are people like me in the shadows who have felt the brunt of legalism. You do not convey the love of Jesus by agreeing with legalistic people, instead you say I agree these are the only ways to attain salvation. That is what it seems looking in. You are an important presence. Unity is such a catch all phrase. But I'd rather stand up against people who take the name of the Lord in vain and add rules to christianity that drive people away.

Blessings in all you do and thank you.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:05:37 +0000

*Splitting comments into three due to length*

To be very honest, I know how to avoid a lot of legalistic christians because I've been told time and again, my choices are not pleasing unto the Lord. And I can identify them by their dress. But on the surface you do not seem to be like that. Until I saw you chose Kelly and Breezy as contributors. Where do you stand Sara Mae ? Are you saying those choices are not legalistic when people like the Botkins say that is the only way ? And people who support and live like that are not legalistic ? You are not just another blogger. You have a visible presence and are important.

Where do you stand ? Writing this post is very ironic to me. I too want unity, but not at the cost of people being driven out of the faith by legalistic people and bloggers who have a voice implicitly agreeing by not standing up against that.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:03:02 +0000

Hallo :) and thank you for responding.
This has been something that I have mulled on for a long time. Ever since I saw calls for unity among the blogs. But how can there be unity when this is what I see.

Case in point, your 'Raising Home Maker's' contributors.

Kelly Crawford believes in quiverful, home schooling, home churching only. This is what I got from her blog. What about the rest of us who do not make her choices ?

Breezy Brookshire, influenced by 'So much more' a book by Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkins. Which says SAHD is the only way for an unmarried daughter to live.

Seems very much legalistic to me.

I too believe in the Nicene Creed like you. I do not however believe what I wear, whether I work, how I school my children has any relevance to my salvation.

By: Sarah Mae

Sarah Mae — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:51:26 +0000

Hello, :)

I just saw your comment and thought I'd take a minute to respond.

First of all, I hope I'm not in any way a legalist – I don't ever want to be or portray that. I realize I have come off that way in the past, and I'm trying to change that. My personal belief is that the best choice for kiddos is to have mama at home, and I believe the bible supports that. I also see good things in daughters staying home (but I don't think it's mandatory). However, there are many circumstances and situations for which I can not possible speak into, nor will I try. Everyone must look to the Lord and ask Him.

The most important thing I want to convey is the love of Jesus, and that knowing Him surpasses all else. His grace is so enveloping I can hardly stand it. I want everyone to know it. Everything else (while important) is the details of walking out this life, and we all to do what we are given revelation to do.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:05:45 +0000

I am confused by someone like you. You are a founder of 'Raising Home Makers'. So do you think working outside the home is wrong as a christian woman ? And what is your position on stay at home daughter hood ? It is fine and dandy to point a finger at legalism. But you seem to be legalistic if you support those positions as the only way. Something that Mrs.Stacy McDonald seems to do too.
You do not look like or wear the 'uniform' of a legalistic person, but you seem to be from your views. And that to me is dangerous. Looking for unity is great among christians, but I see the church destroyed by legalistic people who define christianity as how they live as in what women should wear, whether they should work out side the home, using birth control or not, home school only and so on. And I see people walk away from God because it suddenly becomes too hard because of man made interpretations that are not anything like God said.
You have influence whether you like it or not. Please do not be a wolf in sheep's clothing as you are sometimes to me.

By: Gayle

Gayle — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:02:18 +0000

This is such a great post that I read it several months ago, forgot where I found it when I wanted to share it with a friend, and have been searching ever since! It was linked at the end of one of Stacy's posts and, praise the Lord, she posted it again!

I'm going to link to it on my own blog now so I don't lose it again. Wonderful insight.
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By: Lori Devine

Lori Devine — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:46:53 +0000

VERY well said! Thanks!
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By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:54:22 +0000

I don't think I've ever heard this put so well!

By: kimberley

kimberley — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:12:39 +0000

i just read this now, and am so thankful that you posted this!! i needed the reminder that it is by God's standards that i am to base my decisions, not mans…sometimes it's so easy to be scared of being called a legalist that one finds themselves (ie. me) blending into the crowd. or just plain becoming angry and defensive.

thank you again for giving a written out list that clarifies what legalism is and isn't!!