Smoke Indicates Fire

Just as smoke is evidence of fire, There should be evidence to back up any conviction. There is Grace to cover for every one of us, but that is not a license to carry on without conscience.

It used to be that some moral issues were handled by hiding behind what is legal or not. Churches and Christians alike tend to try to distill behavior down to some imperatives and create culture around those. And then that becomes a new sense of legalism, starting with the best of motives...