What is wrong with the translation 'a better way to heaven' for salvation?
Calling salvation 'a better way to heaven' waters down Romans 1:16. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation, not our works, denomination, or anything we do. Salvation is more than an improved route; it is God's power to save, and that translation diminishes the verse's meaning.
Les teaches that Romans 1:16 says the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. The gospel is that Christ died for the sins of the world, and it is not our works, not our denomination, not anything we can do. He explains that a newer translation totally waters this verse down by calling salvation 'a better way to heaven.' But salvation is more than a better way to heaven. It is a genuine, Holy Spirit-driven belief that one's eternal destiny is based on what Christ did on the cross, not mere mental assent.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.