The Historical Ubiquity of Moralism

August 27, 2008

R. Scott Clark over at the Heidelblog has just written an excellent post about moralism, assuring us that it will always be around and advising us how to combat its deadly effects.

I was especially interested in the following:

How then to reply to the moralists? [...] First, preach the law. The first thing that every moralist needs to hear is the law. People become moralists because they do not really believe that they are sinners. They need to become sinners. They need to recognize themselves for what they really are. They lack self-knowledge. They lack a true knowledge of the righteousness and holiness and wrath of God. They don’t really fear God, however much they may talk about piety.

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