Breaking the Bondage of Legalism: When Trying Harder Isn't Enough

According to a December 2002 poll, 57 percent of Christians strongly agree the Christian life is well summed-up as "trying hard to do what God commands." But biblically, making laws our "lord" estranges us from Christ! Breaking the Bondage of Legalism reveals:

• the chains of legalism: shame, guilt, pride
• the keys to liberty: knowing who we are in Christ, resting in the Father's love
• the life of freedom: joyful friendship with God, obedience viewed properly

Here's encouragement for defeated believers---and an appeal to the church to be free in Christ.

Neil Anderson (author of the bestselling The Bondage Breaker™) and his coauthors expose the trauma of legalism—and show how Christ liberates us from trying to be “good enough for God.”

According to a recent poll, 57 percent of Christians strongly agree the Christian life is well summed–up as “trying hard to do what God commands.” But biblically, making laws our “lord” estranges us from Christ! The authors reveal...

• the chains of legalism: shame, guilt, pride
• the keys to liberty: knowing who we are in Christ, resting in the Father’s love
• the life of freedom: joyful friendship with God, obedience viewed properly

Here’s encouragement for defeated believers—and an appeal to the church to be free in Christ.

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Reviewed by Mark Courtis (La Habra, CA), November 21, 2007

Recommended reading for new born babes in Christ as well as seasoned believers! If you feel stuck in your relationship w/Jesus, then this book definitely for you! Excellent Reading!!!

Reviewed by Chanel (Bay City, OR), November 09, 2004

An excellent book. One of the many things I appreciated: the authors' humility in sharing their personal experiences with legalism. It is broken into two parts: "Part I - The Lies That Bind" and "Part II - The Yoke That Frees." This book offers up two things that are desperately needed by us all: Hope and grace. Extras include findings of a recent Barna Research Survey that the authors' contracted before writing this book, plus a very helpful section in Chapter 11.

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