"There is no doubt that easy-believism is a major problem in the North American religious landscape. It is a heresy, a ditch into which many fall, an attractive alternative to authentic Christianity. It is the ditch of permissiveness and compromise. No question.
"But there is an equal and opposite ditch, and legalism is its name. Legalism decries easy-believism, and rightly so. But in the process legalism often condemns God's amazing grace as well. Grace is so often characterized as permissiveness. There are pastors and ministry leaders who object to easy-believism -- fearing that their big stick will be taken away from them, and they will no longer be able to control their congregations. We do have much to fear from easy-believism. We also have much to fear from legalistic religion. We have nothing to fear from God's grace."
- Greg Albrecht, Bad News Religion
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