On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Jonathan Gibson about total depravity, suffering, apologetics, and how this doctrine helps the Christian today, along with his edited volume with David Gibson, Ruined Sinners to Reclaim (Crossway, 2024).What you’ll hear in this episodeHow understanding total depravity is and what the church has taught about it and why it matters for the average Christian.How understanding total depravity contributes to our understanding of suffering as Christians and how we face it with the Lord’s help.How understanding the doctrine of sin helps us in our approach to apologetics.How understanding total depravity helps preachers today.About Our Guest Jonathan Gibson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is an ordained minister in the International Presbyterian Church, United Kingdom, and associate professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is a coeditor of and contributor to From Heaven He Came and Sought Her as well as the author of a number of other books. Jonny and his wife, Jackie, have four children.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!