The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Subtle Shades of Legalism

. . . Anyway, Boston was not Talking about assurance. He was talking about legalism, pride and hatred of God and therefore refusing to be saved by Him alone. . . .

. . . I pity the preacher who does not know the appropriate remedy to apply to himself in these various phases through which he must pass. <font size="1">1</font>

. . . The preacher has thus to choose his reading judiciously, not only for the sake of his own soul but also that he may be able to help others, not only directly but also in their reading. Much harm is often done by advising people to read the wrong type of book- you can make them worse instead of better. If a man is already slightly melancholic, and tends to morbidity and introspection, and you give him a book to read that is designed to produce conviction of sin and to awaken and alarm, you may well drive him mad. <font size="1">2</font>

From Martin Lloyd-Jones “Preaching and Preachers”
Pg 175 <font size="1">1</font> Pg 176 <font size="1">2</font> copyright Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan

There are times however when I think they should be dropped down a shelf or two.