Michael's Reviews > Jesus > Religion: Why He Is So Much Better Than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough

I was heavily involved with college ministry when Jeff's video was first released. I enjoyed it and it started a heavy debate among some of us in the church as to his definition of religion or religious people. This book clearly explains what he meant and how it is dangerous to be religious even if you are religious against religious people (yea figure that out!). While reading the book you can tell that the book is very personal to the author. He puts a lot of personal stories even stories about writing the book. Most of the book feels like a long blog post. Some people like that familiar tone and some don't. I thought it was a nice change from the books that I normally read. It is an easy read and has sparked a lot of discussion with my friends and family. I hope that this book becomes as large as his video and they discuss it everywhere.
More importantly then the book is the context of the book and that is the grace of Jesus. The message in the book is clear:

Stop trying to work for your salvation.
Jesus already completed that on the cross.
Accept His grace.
Now go and grace others.