"Controllers" are people who aren't willing to let you live your life before God as you believe He's leading you....They insist you live your Christian life according to their rules and their opinions. If you insist on being free to live as God wants you to live, they will try to intimidate you and manipulate you one way or another. Their primary weapons are guilt trips, rejection, or gossip....There are spiritual casualties all over our nation today because of the effects of legalistic controllers in their lives.
from Jerry Bridges, Transforming Grace
