09-Words Have Power

In several of my works I have raised the issue of the balance
between the Spirit and the Scriptures. I have tried to make the
case that it is not either/or; it is both. I have taken the trouble to
argue this because I am convinced that it is a vital question; a
contemporary, vital question at that. Alas, as so often in the
history of the church, the balance between the Spirit and the
Scriptures is under threat today.
On the one hand, there are those who so emphasise the
Scriptures (usually whittled down to the so-called moral law) at
the expense of the Spirit that they are in danger – to put it no
stronger – of becoming legalists.