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How is total depravity true when many people appear to act morally and do good deeds?
THOMAS: Total depravity doesn’t mean that everyone is as sinful as they possibly could be. Total depravity allows for a range of sinful rebellion, but also common grace. Calvin had a doctrine of common civility. When he talked about the …Read More
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Does the doctrine of total depravity teach that we have lost the image of God?
Total depravity teaches that the fallenness of our condition affects the radix, the core of our being. It’s a radical thing. There is no part of our humanity that has not been profoundly affected by the fall and by sin. …Read More
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If “no one seeks for God,” why did Paul call his listeners to seek God?
SPROUL: In the first place, we’re talking about what we ought to do as distinguished from what we actually do. God commands us to seek after Him. God commands us to be perfect. God commands us to be obedient in …Read More
