No compromise between what the gospel is and isn't

The Bible makes no compromise on this point. There is no middle path between truth and falsehood. It is either truth or a lie! There is a great temptation to consider people who are pious, and faithfully attending services, as righteous. God has broken in me the deep rooted, but pernicious, inclination to self-redemption which runs so deep in man. We are born with it. I do not believe that there is a man who of himself wants to live by 'grace alone'. We secretly hope that there may still be something good in us. We are too proud to admit the contrary. The Bible breathes an atmosphere of sovereign grace. The sinner is justified by grace, through faith. Human cooperation in this work of justification is totally excluded. I am glad that God has revealed this truth to me. 'And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free' (John 8:32). - Toon Vanhuysse, The Truth Set Me Free, found in "Far From Rome Near to God, ed. Richard Bennett and Martin Buckingham, pg. 208 - 209