Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself

Grace is to be let into a place that you don't have a right to be.

Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.'

It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them.

The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.

Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.

The world can’t save itself. That’s the message of Christmas.