The Chasm Between Legalism and Lawlessness is not Always Clear

So it would be a mistake to identify the “two cliffs” as being legalism and lawlessness.  What some call license is just another form of legalism.  And if people outside the church are guilty of break-the-rules legalism, many people inside the church are still guilty of keeping-the-rules legalism.

– Tchividian, Tullian; One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World; David Cook Publishers; copyright 2013; Kindle Edition; Location 2241