To boast truely and wisely is to boast knowing that by His grace you are an adopted child of the true and living God.

The Bible describes and encourages ceaseless praise. I want to begin by stating the biblical teaching in a “positive” manner. The Bible is filled with commands and exhortations to praise the Lord with our lips.

Everyone can become legalistic and have a “religious spirit” about how their church service is organized or unorganized. Legalism and a religious spirit are human problems.

It is very obvious that the Christian year can become “mere religion”; its own end; something that forces you to serve it, rather than having it help you. But the correct response to an abuse, or misuse, of a good thing, is not abandonment of the good thing, but proper use.