Why the Gospel? Quotes

“Nor is a total lack of doubt pertinent. When a doubter has become convinced that salvation depends upon the ability to truly trust, anxiety builds. The purportedly good news that the only needful thing is really to trust becomes a devastating word of condemnation. The faulty God-only-accepts-my-genuine-trust gospel puts doubters in a tailspin, but the true gospel of Jesus’s kingship gives a clear answer regarding salvation’s boundary: if a doubter continues to give allegiance to Jesus—the King revealed in the gospel—then that person is saved despite whatever doubts they harbor. Even on his or her most doubt-filled days, the doubter can still choose to give loyalty to King Jesus and his ways.”
― Matthew W. Bates, Why the Gospel?: Living the Good News of King Jesus with Purpose