Zal says we have a lot kind of working against us, and we should all realize this. We shouldn't be surprised when sin shows up so that maybe we can be a little more gracious towards them. All depravity means that we are depraved in totality of our human experience. So every dimension of humanity has been tainted by sin.
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.