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Kent Hughes

Kent Hughes is an author and Christian teacher known for writing on spiritual formation, discipleship, and pastoral life. Reliable public details about his biography are limited here, but his quote reflects a contrast between legalism and disciplined obedience motivated by love.

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Quotes by Kent Hughes

The legalistic heart says, 'I will do this thing to gain merit.' The disciplined heart says, 'I will do this thing because I love and want to please.' — Kent Hughes

From Merit to Love in Moral Discipline

Kent Hughes frames two inner motives that can produce the same outward behavior while arising from very different spiritual centers. On one side stands the legalistic heart, which treats obedience as a transaction: do th...

Created on: 7/22/2026