One critical point in this discussion is to realize that "foreigners" or "aliens" is not one category in Scripture with one set of laws regulating it — the Bible clearly distinguishes between four different kinds of alien (see the chart below). To confuse those four types would bring some Scriptures into contradiction with each other. For instance, the "alien who is within your gates" (Deut. 14:21), was a גֵּר (Ger) — an integrated, protected, permanent resident — not a נֵכָר (Nekar) — enemy foreigner who embraced a false religion.
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This collection covers everything from how to retrain a dull, oversensitive, or social conscience, to how to soften a seared conscience, to why a weak or legalistic conscience always leads to more sin and less holiness. It details how to deal with legalism in your friends, how to recognize it in yourself, how to recover from legalism without becoming a libertine, and how to grow in your appreciation for the freedom God has given you in Christ.
