Jesus saves...but from what?

As you probably already know if you follow my blog regularly, I am a big fan of Kevin DeYoung. He is a pastor in East Lansing, Michigan who has written a number of very helpful books including Why We're Not Emergent and Why We Love the Church (both of which he co-authored with Ted Kluck), as well as Just Do Something, a great little book on discerning God's will for your life.

Right now I am reading his most recent book, The Good News We Almost Forgot which is an overview of the Heidelberg Catechism. In dealing with question 29 of the Catechism ("Why is the Son of God called 'Jesus,' meaning 'Savior'?"), DeYoung states:

The point of the gospel is not that Jesus saves us from low self-esteem, or from singleness, or from a crummy job. As evangelicals, we do better defending that Jesus is our Savior than we do remembering what He actually saves us from. Sin is our deepest, most fundamental, most pervasive problem. Other teachers and heroes may be able to save us from life's stresses and disappointments, but with this problem of sin, there is only One who can save, and His name is Jesus.