The Silent Killers of Faith: Overcoming Legalism and Performance-Based Religion [Paperback]

Stephen Crosby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2005

Like poor driving, legalism is the ‘other guy’s’ problem—the idiot is always in the other car. Crosby delivers a powerful punch in this expose on legalism as he shows that is a problem for all of us. It is a silent killer and the author seeks to expose all of its treacherous tentacles. Legal and performance-based religion is the most prevalent, unrecognized, and deleterious malady affecting the individual believer and the Church universal.

Crosby exposes the philosophical and practical roots of legal, performance-based religion as well as its subtle influences. Readers will be equipped to not only recognize the problem but to avail themselves of appropriate remedies to free themselves from legalism’s infectious disease.

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Book Description

Like poor driving, legalism is the 'other guy's' problem -- the idiot is always in the other car. Crosby delivers a powerful punch in this expose on legalism as he shows that is a problem for all of us. It is a silent killer and the author seeks to expose all of its treacherous tentacles. Legal and performance-based religion is the most prevalent, unrecognized, and deleterious malady affecting the individual believer and the Church universal.

About the Author

Stephen Crosby is the Senior Pastor of New Life Covenant Church in Wasilla, Alaska, the Adjunct Professor for Christian Life School of Theology, and Chaplain for the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 903. Steve has ministered in churches and Bible Schools in nations spanning four continents.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers (January 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0768429579
• ISBN-13: 978-0768429572
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,056,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Avoid the subtle but deadly trap, November 28, 2005

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Edward Kurath "Divinely Designed" (Post Falls, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Silent Killers of Faith: Overcoming Legalism and Performance-Based Religion (Paperback)

One of the stones that many Christians stumble over is the idea that Jesus wants us to keep a set of rules. This misperception is a subtle but deadly trap by which we are so easily snared. In this book Steve Crosby does a very articulate and biblically solid job of showing that performing to make the Lord Jesus happy is not a New Testament reality. As a Christian, we can have a living relationship with Jesus, and this changes everything. Read this book to see how the New Testament clearly spells out this profound difference, and that our relationship with Jesus provides us with the keys to release from this deadly trap of striving - and the defeat that always follows (Romans 7:15).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for every Christian., August 9, 2009

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J. Schlumbohm "inthesonlite" (Valdese, NC) - See all my reviews
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Steve Crosby's work in this book is truly "setting the captives free" from performance based religion. He identifies the subtle tyranny of legalism and man-pleasing and how it eventually chokes out the very life from well meaning Christians, leaving them burnt out and worn out. It will challenge you to take a look at things, we as Christians, have swallowed and followed without any Biblical basis, or a skewed Biblical interpretation.

Sadly, many Christians are so afraid to question anything for fear of being "rebellious", they just swallow whatever their leaders say the Bible says, without checking it out for themselves.

So, let this book help lead you out from under mans agenda/yoke and let Jesus' yoke be easy as He said it would be.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pastor Jim Brittain,Talkeetna Christian Center, July 8, 2005

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James W. Brittain "Pastor Jim Brittain" (Talkeetna AK) - See all my reviews
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After discovering that the majority of Christians don't understand the works of grace and relate to Christ through the law and duty; Dr. Crosby's book was a breath of fresh air. His, sometimes witty, and always cutting expose and remedial epistle is a must read for anyone trying to regain Christian relevance in a post-modern world. I think this work is destined to become a classic.