The Problem With Total Depravity

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Bob Hiller: Sometimes we overreact against weak views of sin by collapsing it into the very nature and constitution of what it means to be human. In Islam, forgetfulness is the biggest issue within Islam. He says in Christianity all throughout the Christian tradition, the early doctrines of development were on Christology or doctrine of God. Hulcomb: Jesus's redemptive work was according to Pelagius to be a good example,. And so basically salvation is being like Jesus and you're good to goBasically His grace is giving us the law.

Many churches preach that your biggest problem is that you’re not living your best life now. Rather than calling people to repentance, they call them to “try harder, do better” so that they can be fulfilled, healthy, and happy. Reformed theology provides a doctrine to help counter this wrong diagnosis of our true problem: total depravity. But sometimes, this doctrine sounds much more like “utter depravity,” leaving nothing good or redeemable about humanity. In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller consider how we hold total depravity in tension with the goodness of humanity.