Perhaps the weather is already balmy and blooming where you live — or perhaps winter persists with an overabundance of wind, snow, and ice. We don’t get to dictate the weather. Nor do we always get to dictate which kinds of suffering we’ll endure or avoid. In this issue of the Heidelbrief, Pastor Nap Narag, […]
The Doctrine of Total Depravity (7): Common Errors
Some Common Errors in this Doctrine We often hear from the Arminians that God did all He could do when He provided salvation. Now His hands are tied! and He can do nothing but wait for man to accept His gift. It takes a great deal of arrogance to say such a thing, yet, in […]
The Doctrine of Total Depravity (6): A Gift, Not Cooperation
Man is Not a Co-Operator in Coming to Salvation If man’s depravity and inability were not total and he was able to respond to the call of the gospel before the work of regeneration, then we would have to conclude that his salvation was a cooperative venture — God provided it and man accepted it […]