I received a disconcerting email the other day. It arrived in my inbox courtesy of Lifeway , the subject declaring, "Christianity is not about Following the Rules!" It seems they want to make apparent via clickbait their continued descent into liberality, as if changing their name from Berean wasn't enough. Now, some of you may think that I'm being a little bit harsh. After all, there's some element of truth to it, right? Christianity isn't just about following rules, right? Wasn't that the whole point of the Reformation? Justification is by faith and not by works, right? Well, here's what bothers me about this email: 1) Christianity is about following rules. You know why Jesus came to die on the cross? Because Adam, along with all of his descendants, broke the rules. Rules are a pretty big part of our religion. Any version of Christianity that doesn't include rules is a bastardization of the Faith. There ...