He went on to say that if we loved Him, we would keep His commandments, love God and love our neighbors. We get ourselves into a position to be able to do those noble and good things by repenting and taking upon us the name of Christ. This is all very clear in the scriptures and does not reduce one whit the fact that only Jesus' redemption saves us, and only through faith on His name.
The peace and love and associated with the first two great commandments and the golden rule (amomg many many other principles) which Christ taught...and the fact that people themselves must freely choose to adopt these principles into their lives sets Christianity absolutely and completely apart from the coersion of Islam.
This is all very clear from the scriptures in the New Testament and was the intent of the message about Christianity. Sorry that you either misunderstood...or misconstrued that message.
Islam is all about rules itself. Christianity isn't though, thankfully.