Calvinism - I Separated From God

In a culture that doesn't like to talk about our own failings onbrokenness, and a culture that idolizes self esteem, this message is offensive. You're unable to recognize that about yourself and trust in the one who provided the means of atonement for those things, because that's what you believe. So make sure the audience understands that you're not just talking about depravity. You're talking about inability, moral inability from birth, as decreed by god. When you understand that, then you really begin to understand the difference of distinctions between our real of yiou.