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“We are all sinners by nature, therefore we are held under the yoke of
sin. But if the whole man is subject to the dominion of sin, surely the will,
which is its principal seat, must be bound with the closest of chains. And
indeed if divine grace were preceded by any will of ours, Paul could not have
said that, ‘it is God that worketh in us to will and to do'” (Phil. 2:13) –John
Calvin
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As a former Anti-Reformed Christian person, who now loves Reformed Theology, I fell in love with the Doctrines of Grace AKA TULIP. In this blog post, I will post an article from Williams Sasser on Total Depravity before giving my thoughts on that doctrine.
UPDATED: AUGUST 24, 2026
Let me make two disclaimers:
First, I prefer to be called a Reformed or Protestant Christian than be labelled Calvinist. I do not want to be misunderstood as a follower of John Calvin, though I love his teachings. I do not agree 100% with what Calvin taught or did, as no man is perfect only Christ is. I am not siding with John Calvin all the time. I agree with John MacArthur who was quoted in writing:
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"I normally prefer to avoid using the term Calvinism because it often provokes too much emotion and too many misconceptions to be useful if the goal is real understanding rather than merely vigorous debate. Besides, my preference has always been to deal with the doctrines of election, free will, predestination, and related ideas from the standpoint of the Bible, rather than all together as a theological system with a man's name attached to it. —John MacArthur (Grace to You, Newsletter: Aug. 14, 2007) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/share/19NBLXcSQd/] https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-effect-of-sin-total-depravity.html |
Just like most Lutherans and Mennonites will tell you they do not worship Martin Luther or Menno Simons respectively, Reformed Christians will also agree, we do not worship John Calvin but the God of the Bible.
Second, as Dustin Benge said:
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I still love the Doctrines of Grace, regardless of whether John Calvin and his followers existed or not.
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“I am bound to the doctrine of the depravity of the human heart, because I find myself depraved in heart, and have daily proofs that in my flesh there dwelleth no good thing.” – Charles Spurgeon [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.pinterest.com.au/raulponcetx/sola-fide/] https://www.ligonier.org/blog/charles-spurgeon-calvinism-total-depravity/ https://reasonabletheology.org/ch-spurgeon-total-depravity/#References |
The Effect of Sin: "Total Depravity"
by WIlliam Sasser
A gentleman was heard to exclaim, as he left a certain church service, "I don't think I'm going to come here again, they make you feel like you're a sinner." No doubt, this particular fellow would have felt at home with the Pharisees. You remember they were a religious sect who regarded themselves as righteous through law-keeping, and everyone else wicked sinners. However, many "wicked sinners" felt drawn to the Son of God. In fact, they were attracted to Him by the droves. When the disciples were asked, "Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?", Jesus answered for them: "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance (Matthew 9:11-13)." Because Christ came to call sinners, it is essential that we have a good understanding of the doctrine of sin, as taught in the Bible.The Bible has quite a bit to say about sin. The English word, "sin," is found some 299 times in the Old Testament. In the New Testament there are 276 references to sin. The doctrine of sin is known theologically as Hamartiology, from the Greek word, hamartia {ham-ar-tee'-ah}, meaning, "to miss the mark, to err, to be mistaken. "This particular word, hamartia, is found some one hundred fifty-one times in the New Testament. Sin is commonly defined as "the transgression of the law." The Apostle John tells us, in I John 3:4, Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."
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John Calvin Preaching
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Several words in the Bible are translated by our English word, sin. Put together, these words reveal the essence of the biblical concept of sin.
From the Hebrew language of the Old Testament we discover the following:
chata' {khaw-taw'} - to miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt
'ashmah {ash-maw'} - doing wrong, committing a trespass or offense
shagah {shaw-gaw'} - to go astray (morally), to lead astray
chet' {khate} - punishment for sin
'avon {aw-vone'} - perversity, depravity, iniquity
pesha' {peh'-shah} - transgression, rebellion
'asham {aw-shawm'} - offense, trespass, fault
From the Greek language of the New Testament we get the following:
anamartetos {an-am-ar'-tay-tos} - sinless
parabasis { para'-bah-sis} - transgression
adikia {a-de -kee'-ah} - unrighteousness
asebeia {as-see'-bee-ah} - impiety
anomia {a-nom'-ee-ah} - contempt and violation of law
poneria {poner-ree'-ah} - depravity
epithumia {epi-thu-mee'-ah} - desire for what is forbidden
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, volume IV, page 2798, gives the following general definition of the Biblical view of sin:
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When you refuse to teach on the radical
depravity of men, it is an impossibility that you bring glory to God, His
Christ, and His cross, because the cross of Jesus Christ and the glory thereof
is most magnified when it's placed in front of the backdrop of our depravity! -
Paul Washer
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The doctrine of sin may be practically stated by the simple phrase "all men and women are sinners" (Genesis 6:5; 8:21; Ecclesiastes 8:11; 9:3; Jeremiah 17:9). What this means is that the state of man before God is one of total depravity (unwillingness) and total inability (unableness). That is, the unregenerate person has not the desire nor the ability to love, seek, or submit to spiritual truth. Of the five so-called "Doctrines of Grace," - sin, salvation, atonement, calling, security - this is perhaps the most important. If this point is received and understood, not only will the other four doctrines be readily received, but more easily understood. According to the Heidelberg Catechism, 3rd Lord's Day,
Questions 6,7,8:
Question 6: Did God then create man so wicked and perverse?
Answer: By no means. But, God created man good, and after his own image; in true righteousness and holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him, and live with Him in eternal happiness, to glorify and praise Him.
Question 7: Whence, then, proceeds this depravity of human nature?
Answer: From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, in Paradise. Hence, our nature has become so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in sin.
Question 8: Are we then so corrupt that we are wholly incapable of doing any good and inclined to all wickedness?
Answer: Indeed, we are, except we are regenerated by the Spirit of God.
Can these statements be proved by Scripture? What saith the Word of God? The prophet said, "If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them" (Isaiah 8:20). I shall now proceed to show you why I believe that this view of sin, i.e., total depravity and total inability, is in complete harmony with Scripture.
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When the Protestant Reformers talked about total
depravity, they meant that sin—its power, its influence, its
inclination—affects the whole person. Our bodies are fallen, our hearts are fallen,
and our minds are fallen—there’s no part of us that escapes the ravages of our
sinful human nature. Sin affects our behavior, our thought life, and even our
conversation. The whole person is fallen. That is the true extent of our
sinfulness when judged by the standard and the norm of God’s perfection and
holiness. – R.C. Sproul, The Truth of the Cross
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A. What Total Depravity Does Not Mean.
1.It does not mean that man is absolutely depraved.
"Absolute" depravity would mean all men are depraved both intensively and extensively. Intensive has reference to the degree to which sin may have brought man with reference to his depravity.
Extensive is in reference to the extent to which sin has actually depraved man.
The intensity of sin is not total. That is, no man is as bad as he can be. Apart from the restraining grace of God–called "common grace" by the old writers–every man could become much worse in actual behaviour. However, the extent of sin is total. Every human being has been infected and affected by sin in every part of the body, soul and spirit. The whole, or total, being has been invaded by sin. Thus, "total depravity" means that every faculty of man's being, every activity of his life, and every sphere of his existence has been permeated by sin.
2. Extensively man is described thus:
b. Mouth is full of cursing and bitterness (Rom. 3:14).
c. Lips are like vipers (Rom. 3:13).
e. Throat is an open grave (Rom. 3:13).
f. Belly is his god. (Phil. 3:19).
g. Feet are misguided (Rom. 3:15).
1) The mind generates evil desires (Eph. 2:3).
2) The mind is blinded by Satan (II Cor. 4:4).
3) The mind is proud (Col. 2:18).
4) The mind is corrupt (I Tim. 6:5).
j. Heart is deceitful and desperately wicked (Jer. 17:9).
1) The heart is set upon evil (Eccl. 8:11).
2) It is full of lusts (Rom. 1:24).
3) It values the wrong things (Jn. 3:19).
1) They are inordinate, or disgraceful (Col. 3:5).
2) They are set upon the earth (Col. 3:2).
3) They are not natural (Rom. 1:31; II Tim. 3:3).
l. All men:
2) Are vile by nature (Rom. 1:18; 2:13).
3) Are children of wrath by nature (Eph. 2:3).
4) Are deceitful by nature (Jer. 17:9).
5) Are hostile toward God by nature (Rom.
8:7-8; Lk. 19:14).
6) Are alienated from God by nature (Eph.
4:18).
3. The nature of man is such that he is compared to beasts.
b. Compared to a mule because of his stubbornness (Job 11:12).
c. Compared to a bear because of his cruelty (
Dan. 7:5).
d. Compared to a dog because of his uncleanness (II Pet. 2:21).
e. Compared to a sow because of her uncleanness (II Pet. 2:21).
f. Compared to a dragon because of his desolateness (Job 30:29).
g. Compared to a fox because of his cunningness (Heb. 13:32).
h. Compared to a leopard because of his fierceness (Dan. 7:6).
I. Compared to a lion because of his ravening (Psa. 22:18).
j. Compared to a moth because of his frailty (Job 27:18).
k. Compared to a spider because of his flimsiness (Isa. 59:5).
l. Compared to a wolf because of his ferociousness (Jn. 10:12).
m. Compared to a locust because of his destructiveness (Joel 2:25).
n. Compared to a sheep because of his stupidity (Isa. 53:"6).
4. In man is the...
b. Presence of positive evil – all men have a proclivity, or bent, toward evil rather than good (Jer. 13:23; 17:9; Eph. 2:1-3; 4:22).
This, then, is the extent of sin in man. This is total depravity. What would it be if men were absolutely depraved?
5. Total depravity does not mean the total absence of relative good, whether that goodness is civil, natural, or even religious.
b. Question: How is total depravity manifested in good men?
Answer: They are in rebellion to Jesus Christ! If not in deed, then in the thoughts and intents of their hearts. Even the heathen do good, not because they are good, but because the Law is written in their natures by virtue of the fact that they were created in the image of God (Rom. 2:14).
Question: Why don't men break out into total outward rebellion?
Answer: they are restrained by the common grace of God (II Thess. 2:6-7).
Conclusion:
Total Depravity is not the total absence of relative good.
Though man is not intensively evil, He is extensively evil.
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"The ultimate tragedy of man's
self-understanding is that he believes himself to be free, has all the feelings
of a free agent, but does not realize that he is a slave to sin and serves the
will of Satan." - Michael Horton
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B. What Total Depravity Does Mean - Positively. By nature we only and always sin.
1 It is important for us to know that even relative good, which I have shown you may exist even in unbelievers, is not good in God's sight.
2. What men call "good" is evil in a Holy God's sight."Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity." (Psa. 39:5) "An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked is sin." (Prov. 21:4)
Question: How can there be sin in plowing a field? Why is plowing connected with a high look and a proud heart? The farmer works hard in the field, he provides his family with food, perhaps even for the good of others. How could this be sin?
Answer: First, because he does not plough in faith. Secondly, he does not plough for the glory of God. Does he acknowledge who gave him the field, or the strength to plow it, or the wisdom to make crops? No! He takes all the credit to himself, and curses the weather when he is not successful. Further, he gives none of his increase to the Lord.
3. Conclusion: The natural man can never do anything which is fundamentally pleasing to God, but only evil continually, for he is self motivated.
* Man's wickedness is deep: "every imagination of the thoughts of his heart."
* Man's wickedness is "only evil continually."
b. Man's wickedness is from his youth.
"For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth" (Genesis 8:21)
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"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me" (Psalm 51:5).
"The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go estray as soon as they be born speaking lies" (Psalm 58:3).
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" (Jer.. 17:9 See also Romans 3:10-18)
c. Total Depravity, positively stated, means that men only and always, by nature, apart from regeneration, sin.
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and
desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins,
even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his
doings. – Jeremiah 17:9 – 10 (KJV)
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C. What Total Depravity Negatively—by nature we do not have the ability to please God or hate sin; we call this Total Inability.
1. This answers all the questions asked about the will of man. Make the will of man as free as you please. Let him will what he pleases; his problem is his ability. One may will to take ten years off his life, but let's see him or her do it! One may will to be wealthy, but this does not mean one will be wealthy. Exercising the will is no problem. Exercising the ability is where the problem lies.
2. Consider these Bible facts:
* The natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them (I Cor. 2:14).
* No man can come to Christ (Jn. 6:44,65).
* "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God" (Rom. 8:8).
Please note that in all these scriptures the word "can" is the focal point. Many confuse "can" with "may" when considering total depravity and total inability. The question is not "may I come to God?," but "can I come to God?" Of course, you may come. God does not hinder you, Christ does not forbid you, nor does the Holy Spirit withstand you, you certainly may come. But can you? "May I come?" asks permission. "Can I come?" speaks of ability. In other words, all have permission to come, but none have the ability to do so.
Christ never said, "You may not come to me, that ye might have Life." He said, "You will not come to me, that ye might have life." John 5:40.
Why will not men come to Christ when it is clear that they have a clear invitation and permission? Simply because they don't have the ability, i.e., they cannot. Thus, "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day" stands as a fact beyond dispute. See John 6:44,65.
3. Analogies: Christ used many analogies to show and demonstrate the fact that salvation is a supernatural act of heaven, and does not lie within the ability of the sinner.
b. Creation (II Corinthians 5:17). "In the beginning God" is the only cause and explanation for the created universe. Nothingness cannot produce something. The Creation was totally passive in coming into being. God spoke the universe into being. He said, "Let there be," and there was. Paul speaks of believers as being "new creations in Christ." The same cause is responsible for the new creation, and in the same manner, as the old creation. "In the beginning God created" is the cause of all new creations in Christ. God speaks and there is.
c. Resurrection (Ephesians 2:1). The only person who can be resurrected is a dead one. Living people aren't resurrected. The only person who can resurrect a dead person is God. In the same manner, men are said to be "dead in trespasses and sins." Accordingly, they cannot resurrect themselves. If they are to be quickened, i.e., made alive, God must do it. To be raised to spiritual life and joined in spiritual union with Christ is nothing short of a miracle. Perhaps the best illustration is an extra-biblical one.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty back together again.
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“The sin of your nature, your original sin, is
sufficient to sink you into torments, of which there will be no end. Therefore
unless you receive the Spirit of Christ, you are reprobates, and you cannot be
saved.” — George Whitefield
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Conclusions:
1. Salvation must be of God. Men cannot save themselves.
2. The basic cause of trouble in our world is the spiritual enslavement of men to sin: ".... destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace have they not known; there is no fear of God before their eyes." Rom. 3:16-18
3. The slightest desire to know God, be delivered from sin and bow to Christ is evidence of the work of the Lord.
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5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. – Genesis 6 vs 5-8 (ESV) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19nsYuURXL/] https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-effect-of-sin-total-depravity.html |
Why I love the doctrine of Total Depravity
I was an opponent of the Doctrines of Grace AKA TULIP, but I changed and fell in love with it. I will explain why I love the doctrine of Total Depravity and how it brought me closer to God.
Despite being in a Christian family, I did not love the Lord, I rebelled and live my life as a CINO (Christian in name only). I became addicted to cigarettes and refused to give up, despite my friends and families telling me to do so, I gave all sorts of excuses on not wanting to quit the habit. Like a druggie addicted to hard drugs, I will not stop smoking and will constantly shriek angrily against any advice to do so.
I thank God that in 2013, I gave up smoking cigarettes, by the Grace of God. I was convicted by the Holy Spirit, not by my strength but by God who saved me from my addiction and I returned to him as a born-again Christian. I began to study about the Doctrines of Grace and fell in love with it. I realized what a wretched sinner I am, unable to obey God and to do good, unless the Holy Spirit regenerates me.
As Article 15 of the Belgic Confession writes:
BELGIC CONFESSION ARTICLE 15: The Doctrine of Original Sin We believe that by the disobedience of Adam original sin has been spread through the whole human race. It is a corruption of all nature—an inherited depravity which even infects small infants in their mother's womb, and the root which produces in humanity every sort of sin. It is therefore so vile and abominable in God's sight that it is enough to condemn the human race, and it is not abolished or wholly uprooted even by baptism, seeing that sin always boils forth as though from a contaminated spring, even though it is not counted against the children of God for their condemnation but is forgiven by his grace and mercy. This is not to put them to sleep but so that the awareness of this corruption might make them often groan as they eagerly wait to be set free from the "body of this death."
1 Romans 5:12-13,19
2 Romans 3:10; Job 14:4; Psalms 51:5; John 3:6; Romans 5:14
3 Eph. 2:3,5
4 Romans 4:7
5 Romans 7:24
Therefore we reject the error of the Pelagians, who say that this sin is nothing else than a matter of imitation. https://belgicconfession.com.au/article/15-the-doctrine-of-original-sin/
Original sin is in us like our beard. We are shaved today and look clean; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor does it cease growing while we remain on earth. In like manner original sin cannot be extirpated from us; it springs up in us as long as we live. - Martin Luther
Total Depravity does not mean we are as evil as the devil, it means that we are all born in a fallen nature. The more I studied about Total Depravity, it brought me closer to God to seek him for help and keep repenting of my sins.
There are four things that the Doctrine had helped me in my walk with God.
First, Total Depravity makes me alert of all my sins.
Second, it shows how much a wretched sinner I am and how much I need God.
Third, the more I studied about Total Depravity, it brought me closer to God to seek him for help and keep repenting of my sins.
Fourth, Total Depravity completely refutes the lie that God is the author of evil, we humans are sinful and depraved as it says in Genesis 6 vs 5 (KJV) - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
In conclusion, when we sin, let us remember the cross of Jesus Christ and remember the quote of Puritan John Owen:
Comment by Todd Lambert on Total Depravity
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The 8 on Noah's Ark represents less than 0.00000544% of the population. To think that you, me, or any of us would have believed God's message to Noah and been on the Ark despite 99.99999456% not believing him is foolish. Adam walked with God in the cool of the day and did not have a sin nature and was in a utopia, yet failed to believe God; To think people today without a lick of Hebrew or Greek or 1000 days of witnessing Jesus like Judas are going to make a better choice than Judas or those with the Pharisees who had more than Ph.D's in God's OT Word is also foolish.
To think Lucifier rebelled before he had any subsequent sin in himself and in the presence of God and of angels, but we are going to make a better decision before regeneration is also unfounded. Do you think the Incas, Mayans, Aztecs who died without a single syllable of Scripture are going to make a better choice than Judas.
If so, that makes evangelism entirely pointless because if God has done "all that He can" to give everyone equal opportunity then there is literally nothing we can do as evangelists to "increase" the power of one's free-will. At that rate the Damascus Road effort by God may have failed and Saul said "no", and thus God should offer Pilate, Herod, Putin, Hitler the exact same "Damascus Road" encounter.
If Moses could turn down the burning bush, then why not offer a Literal burning bush to every U.S. Senator, Governor, Mayor, citizen; Jesus could have just told Pilate on trial, "I'll raise up 12 men from the dead until you are convinced. I'm trying my hardest to provide all the evidence I can to get you to believe, I'll even show you the Transfiguration"
If Mary used her free-will to abort Jesus, then God will have to just think of Plan B until His intention aligns with the free-will decisions of everyone involved. Faith always lead to obedience and without obedience Mary would have not spared Jesus' life. At that point salvation all hinges upon the obedience of sinners to the offer of God; and each author of Scripture could have used their free-will to write errant words in the Bible, or decline to even write the Bible; no book of John ever written unless John grants God compliance to pen John. In all of that the Holy Spirit is just a powerless salesman, "This free car is great, want one? No? Ah, shucks, maybe Peter can persuade you better than I can."
I'm not attacking you David, it's the theology, free-will is fraught with many problems. So, God loved Goliath and gave Goliath the SAME grace that He gave Peter, but then God's love and grace did not make the eternal difference, Peter's response made him to differ from Goliath, thus all the credit has to go to Peter, for Goliath got the exact same treatment of God's love and grace as Peter but still died in unbelief, despite Goliath not spending over 1000 days face to face with Jesus.
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Doctrines of Grace: "Total Depravity" (by Sonny Hernandez)
Trinity Gospel Church, Lexington KY
Jan 1, 2024
VIDEO SOURCE: https://youtu.be/aKbTJAXEATM?si=CXzhsISNZ-u6K3WD
The Bondage of the Will by Dr. Sonny Hernandez
Reformation Preaching Conference
Jan 19, 2016 RP15
This sermon by Dr. Sonny Hernandez addresses the bondage of man's fallen will to sin. Dr. Hernandez gives the Biblical, theological and historical reasons for the Reformed view of man's depravity. This message was preached at the 2015 Reformation Preaching Conference (RP15). Sonny Hernandez is an elder at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, KY and a Chaplain in the Air Force Reserves.
VIDEO SOURCE: https://youtu.be/NtY0fQKM_Hk?si=w5_uVlbVq2sBUqfF
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-general-confession-from-book-of.html
THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE LINKS:
Thus, I say, the electing love of God in Christ (when I have been able to realize it) has often been the means of producing holiness, instead of leading me into sin. It is only the notional apprehension of such truths, the want of having them in the heart, whilst they are in the head, which is dangerous. – George Muller on the Doctrines of Grace
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2026/03/george-muller-on-doctrines-of-grace.html
I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it. - Charles Spurgeon
UNIVERSAL REDEMPTION: THE MOST HIDEOUS DOCTRINE IN THE WORLD – SERMON BY PASTOR DON FORTNER
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2026/01/universal-redemption-most-hideous.html
Election is God’s decree “whereby on his own free will, he hath ordained certain men to salvation, to the praise of the glory of his grace.” Reprobation is “that part of predestination, whereby God, according to the most free and just purpose of his will, hath determined to reject certain men unto eternal destruction, and misery, and that to the praise of his justice.” – William Perkins
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2020/10/sermon-by-joel-beeke-william-perkinss.html
Erase John Calvin and his theology from church history, and I still believe in the absolute depravity of man, the unconditional election of God, the definite atonement of Christ, the efficacious grace of God, and the perseverance of all the saints. Because the Bible tells me so. – Dustin Benge
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2022/07/dustin-benge-on-erasing-john-calvin.html
PROPONENTS OF THE DOCTRINES OF GRACE LINKS:
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2026/05/endorsing-narrow-path-doctrine.html
https://findlivinghope.com/2025/03/why-i-love-the-doctrines-of-grace/
https://churcheswithoutchests.net/2025/08/21/the-doctrines-of-grace-found-me/
https://www.walkingthroughthegospel.com/2023/09/10-reasons-to-believe-doctrines-of-grace.html
https://www.oakhillspca.com/blog/post/why-i-love-the-doctrine-of-irresistible-grace
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/devastated-and-delighted
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-joy-of-calvinism--2
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-does-tulip-make-you-feel
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-beauty-of-reformed-theology
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2021/05/john-calvin-on-isaiah-41-verse-10-and-13.html
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2024/01/540th-birthday-for-zwingli-swiss.html
https://www.apuritansmind.com/tulip/
https://www.apuritansmind.com/tulip/why-i-am-a-calvinist-by-dr-c-matthew-mcmahon/
How I Became A Calvinist Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjSIFDZIs-qdeGX01aYguVUstfiTFwKg1&si=JgdsQfXS-qN1uSgu
Michael Jeshurun:
https://michaeljeshurun.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/biblical-election-a-truth-to-be-preached-2/
https://michaeljeshurun.wordpress.com/2023/05/26/rejoicing-in-the-truth-of-sovereign-election/
https://michaeljeshurun.wordpress.com/tag/calvinism-not-from-calvin/
Frontline Fellowship:
https://www.frontlinemissionsa.org/answers-to-critical-questions
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2023/10/470-years-ago-michael-servetus-was.html
David Kaywood:
https://www.gospelrelevance.com/2016/05/22/john-calvin-burn-michael-servetus-stake/
https://bible.org/article/what-theology-dave-hunt-s-misrepresentation-god-and-calvinism
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-beauty-of-reformed-theology
https://conciliarpost.com/theology-spirituality/im-not-reformed-admire-anyway/
Refuting Provisionist:
https://theparticularbaptist.net/2020/05/29/leightons-ministry-of-selfishness/
https://puritanboard.com/threads/countering-provisionism.106713/
If you believe that salvation is all your choosing, have the courage and conviction to stand before God and tell Him you would like to pause from thanking Him, and thank yourself. — Derek Thomas
Response to Dave Hunt’s book: What Love is This? subtitled, “Calvinism’s Misrepresentation of God.”
https://lutherandcalvinbrigade914.blogspot.com/2025/05/response-to-dave-hunts-book-what-love.html
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