Download the Study Guide by clicking here! In a nutshell, salvation is God making us like himself through the saving work of Jesus Christ. We need help. The modern secular world has asserted our human capacity to solve our own problems. The myth of moral progress is the idea that we can perfect ourselves through information, knowledge and technology. Human experience says that we need something more. The loss of a proper relationship to God leads to a disintegration of our self, our soul, body and psychology are falling apart, inside and out. Only God can heal us.