The real Watchtower error: denying the sufficiency of Christ's atonement, not just the shape of the cross
Winger argues that the cross-shape dispute, while useful in exposing Watchtower unreliability, is secondary to the far more serious Watchtower error: they deny that Jesus's death on the cross was sufficient to pay for sin.
The JW soteriology denies free justification by grace alone through faith alone. The real issue is "what does the cross accomplish?" — not what shape it is. Jesus's death pays for all sin so that believers can receive free, gracious forgiveness apart from works, as in Ephesians 2:8-9.
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