An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when doctrinal truth is elevated to the position of a false god. This occurs when people rely on the rightness of their doctrine for their standing with God rather than on God himself and his grace. It is a subtly but deadly mistake. The sign that you have slipped into this form of self-justification is that you become what the book of Proverbs calls a 'scoffer'.

Unless you point to the good news of God's grace people will not be able to bear the bad news of God's judgement.

No one is so good that they don’t need the grace of the gospel, nor so bad that they can’t receive the grace of the gospel.

We are so evil and sinful and flawed that Jesus had to die for us... But we are so lobed and valued that he was willing to due for us.

A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working!

God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free gift.

A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments.