"For those who care, and I understand if you don't: Today I quit being a Christian. I'm out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being 'Christian' or to being part of Christianity. It's simply impossible for me to 'belong' to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I've tried. I've failed. I'm an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else."

The biggest obstacle to our relationship with God could be our religion…through this series I hope we will all quit religion
· Losing our religious experiences that hinder us
· Losing our religious pride
· Losing our religious hypocrisy
· Losing our religious approach to God

Essentially there are three ways to relate to God:
1. Irreligion
2. Religion
3. Gospel

Religion is relating to God from a place of duty, working through human effort to gain his approval or love

Paul was fixated and compliant with the religious procedures of Judaism

Paul’s religion had short-term gain but long-term loss

Paul had to lose his religion in order to gain Christ

Jesus Christ is greater than religion