The “check engine” light had been showing on my dashboard, so last week I took my car in to get checked by the mechanic. Turns out my car has been running lean. Too much air and not enough gas was being injected into the engine. I didn’t think that was a problem. Air’s a good thing, right? I’m saving the environment by burning less gas. Apparently it’s not good at all. “You gotta get the balance right,” said the mechanic. That got me thinking about what might happen if Christians had check engine lights. The light comes on, you run a test, and learn that you’ve been ingesting too much law. “But the law is good, right? The law keeps me on the straight and narrow. It keeps me from licentiousness.” Nothing could be further from the truth. A little law poisons the whole well When Paul said “You are under grace not law,” he meant “You are designed to run on grace alone.” You are not supposed to ingest any amount of law. Even a little law will lead to friction, seize your engine, and leave you broken down beside the road. Sadly, we ingest law all the time. [...]

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