Many people call Christians "religious" people - i.e. "oh, you are one
of those religious types"... Well technically speaking we are but not
in the way most people define "religious" or "religion". There is a big
differnce between religion and Christianity. I appreciate how Mark Driscoll presents the differnce:

Religion says, if I obey, God will love me. Gospel says, because God loves me, I can obey.

Religion has good people & bad people. Gospel has only repentant and unrepentant people.

Religion values a birth family. Gospel values a new birth.

Religion depends on what I do. Gospel depends on what Jesus has done.