Augsburg Confession: Of Free Will
Augsburg Confession Article XVIII: Of Free Will. Of Free Will they teach that man’s will has some liberty to choose civil righteousness, and to work things subject to reason. But […]
Category Archives: Human Depravity
The Grace of God in Salvation, J Gresham Machen
Salvation and the Role of Atonement in Grace Humanistic Christianity, in rejecting the complete spiritual brokenness of the human race, the holiness of God, and the wrath of God against […]
The Awfulness of Sin (and the Goodness of God)
God in his mercy hides from us the darkness and pervasiveness of our sinfulness. Our sinful nature is intertwined with our Imago Dei (image of God). Envision two plants growing […]
The Error of Moralism
“[Some people think] …they are so good, that they scorn God’s offer of mercy. Indeed these are often in the worst condition: these are they who think they need no […]
The Human Will: The Bird With The Broken Wing by Loraine Boettner
“Man is a free agent but be cannot originate the love of God in his heart. His will is free in the sense that it is not controlled by any […]
John Newton to Rev. Scott, Letter IV(b): Divine sovereignty, November 17, 1775.fr
November 17, 1775. “But this brings me to your second query. II. Do I think that God, in the ordinary course of his providence, grants this assistance in an irresistible […]
John Newton to Rev. Scott, Letter IV(a): Predestination, November 17, 1775.
November 17, 1775. My dear friend, My present part is but to repeat what I have elsewhere expressed, only with some variety and enlargement. You yourself well state the situation […]
John Newton to Rev. Scott, Letter III: The new birth, The gospel, Human depravity August 11, 1775.
August 11, 1775. “My dear friend, Your objections neither displease nor weary me. While truth is the object of your inquiry–the more freedom you use with me the better. Nor […]
“I Don’t Want Free Will” by Martin Luther
“I frankly confess that, for myself, even if it could be, I should not want ‘free-will’ to be given me, nor anything to be left in my own hands to […]
Man’s Will: Free Yet Bound – by Walter J. Chantry
“For more than fifteen hundred years the Church has engaged in a heated debate over the freedom of man’s will. The major issues came to general attention in the early […]
