I read him point three, which was one of the two points out of six that I could not sign. “Because of the Fall we are in such a state of sin and depravity that we are justly under God’s wrath and condemnation.” Point four said that the only way God could forgive us for all this sin and depravity was for Jesus to come and get crucified. “What this is saying,” I told the dean, “is that Jesus had to come save us from God the Father. I don’t believe that Jesus had to come save us from God the Father. Scripture says, God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. The birth of Jesus
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