Greg Boyd on Principles and Rules (MP3)
From Luke 6.1-11
Rules are made for people, not people for rules.
Be inflexible and uncompromising with the principles – love, mercy, justice, faithfulness – but be flexible with the rules. A least a little…
Sometimes in order to stick to the principles, we have to bend the rules.
Manifest life. Manifest love, mercy, justice, faithfulness.
Love people as they are – they don’t have to adhere to your rules.
Rules can make you stupid, preventing you adjusting to ambiguous circumstances.
Sometimes rules kill. They sometimes take on a life of their own.
Have wisdom: there’s a time to keep the rules and there’s a time to let them go.
(Sermons online at Woodland Hills Church)
Thursday, April 26, 2007
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2 comments:
What's the difference between a rule and a principle?
But yes, I agree that rules are of limited use. There's no rule telling you when to stick to the rules and when not to either.
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