The New Testament? Forgiveness and grace.
The message absolutely was NOT that God inspires loonies to slam airplanes into the side of buildings and kill thousands of people in order to teach other people a lesson about abortion. I can't imagine any concept that is less the message of the New Testament.
You are correct, forgivenss and grace through Jesus Christ. I hope you did read the whole article and I think you will understand his message but if you still have the same attitude after reading the whole article we can just agree to disagree on this one.
One thing that a lot of people believe is that God is a loving God. He is! It says in the Bible that "God is love" (I John 4:8) and "For God so loved the world.." (John 3:16) BUT their is an attribute of God that a lot of people do not believe or do not know about and God is also JUST therefore he must punish sin. The same Bible that tells us that God is loving and gracious also tells us about this same God that he is just and righteous and must punish sin. God tells us, "I am holy and just and righteous. I am of purer eyes thant to behold evil. The soul that sineth it shall die." (Habbakkuk 1:13; Ezekiel 18:4). Because he is a a just Judge, he must punish our sins. God will certainly punish sins. He is holy and just and must punish sin but he is also loving and merciful and does not punish us. In effect this created a problem which he has solved in Jesus Christ. We can either accept him or reject him as Savior. God loved us so much that he gave us a free will choice. If you accept as Your Savior then you are guaranteed eternal life but if you reject him before you die you are guaranteed judgement.
I have to go now but if you have any other comment or questions you would like to answer let me know.