Comments on: Are Christians Totally Depraved?

By: Liberate

Liberate — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:57:35 +0000

[...] couple weeks ago I posted a blog asking the question “Are Christians totally depraved?” The point I wanted to make was simple: “Because Christian’s never leave off sinning, they can [...]

By: Zachster

Zachster — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:49:18 +0000

Were we built this way? Were we made with this sinful nature? If so wherein is the liability if we were built to fail? What is the purpose of creating something that was made to fall only to save it in the end? Maybe similar to saying, I will make a motorcycle that can only go 5kph so I can show it that it can go 100kph, only through my help. should the motorcycle be blamed if it was built to only go 5kph to begin with?

By: Scott Leonard

Scott Leonard — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:37:51 +0000

Big Dale & Co., Two suggestions: Re-read Romans 6-8 several times, and ask yourself if it is possible to say what you just said above in light of Paul’s tedious arguments there to convince us that far more than justification happened through our union with Christ (Could be why he says, “…it is no longer I who sins, but sin that dwells in me,” and “…you are no longer in the flesh, but in the Spirit.” There’s about a dozen more where those came from.–Just sayin’).

Second suggestion: Read Con Campbell’s new book, Paul and Union With Christ (500+ page tome featured on Desiring God a couple of months ago.) Your union with Christ is far more than something relegated to religious talk or “positional truth.” (Unless you don’t believe the Holy Spirit is actually “in you.”) “On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”-John 14:20

Blessings.

By: Big Dale

Big Dale — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:06:28 +0000

Blessed is the man in whom the lord will not impute his sin. Legal term refering to as reckoned as such. A christian is no less a sinner than he was before his conversion. He just has Christ status imputed or reckoned to him. He doesn’t become sin free he is treated as though he is sin free.

By: XL-7

XL-7 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:49:11 +0000

Well said Pastor Tullian! Y’know the one thing I love more than anything about Reformed Theology (I’ll be bold enough to say true Biblical Theology) is how quickly it exposes the pride of man which is a testament to our fallen nature. The notion that we are completely reliant on the grace and work of a sovereign God to perfect us is absolutely appalling and absolutely drives us nuts. Yet if we were perfect, and Jesus’s death did completely erase the elect’s sin nature, then why did Jesus teach us to pray ” . . . forgive us our trespasses (sins) as we forgive those who trespass (sin) against us . . . “? And if we were already perfected, what’s the point of Revelations? Why would God judge perfected people? The truth is, we are fallen. We are corrupt. I don’t shy away from using Total Depravity because the offensiveness of the terms is a good thing. It keeps us from getting a big head and it reinforces the whole point of the Bible: we are fallen people who desperately need a Savior and it is only by grace that we are saved.

By: Tullian Tchividjian, Rick Phillips and Total Depravity « B.C. Askins

Tullian Tchividjian, Rick Phillips and Total Depravity « B.C. Askins — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:22:03 +0000

[...] and sanctification in the Christian life appears to have settled somewhat. Tullian wrote an article responding to the question “Are Christians Totally Depraved?” His answer, in short: Yes [...]

By: Oh to Grace How Great a Debtor — A Reply to Tullian Tchividjian

Oh to Grace How Great a Debtor — A Reply to Tullian Tchividjian — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:07:43 +0000

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By: LIBERATE » Sin Remains: My Response to Rick Phillips

LIBERATE » Sin Remains: My Response to Rick Phillips — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:32:30 +0000

By: Jesus, My Soul’s Deepest Desire? - Reformed Forum

Jesus, My Soul’s Deepest Desire? - Reformed Forum — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:14:42 +0000

[...] or not the believer is still totally depraved. The former’s original post can be found here, and the latter’s two posts here and here. Tchividjian’s most recent reply is [...]