None Righteous
This article is about sin, guilt and the judgment of God. The author also discusses the righteousness and holiness of God, sin and the wrath of God, total depravity, and the ungodly and the forgiveness of God.
The Trouble & Trial of Fallen Sinners
Mopping the Floor While Leaving the Tap Open
The Misery of The Lost
Paradise Lost
How did the fall into sin affect man and creation? As a result of the fall, human nature is corrupted by sin and creation is affected by the curse of sin. Hebrews 2 points to Christ as the hope for a new creation.
But...I’m Not Able!
The Fall’s Effect on Language
This article shows how the fall affected the use of language in how we communicate with God and others. It also shows how redemption changes the language in these two relationships.
The Gospel Was Given for a Time Like This
Are you suffering from fatigue because of the bad things happening in this world? You should be encouraged to know that the gospel was not given to a world without sin, confusion, difficulty, and persecution. It was given to a world marked by every kind of pain and perversity. It was given for a time like this.
Presbyterian Doctrine of Total Depravity
A faulty doctrine of sin has serious consequences for the church and its teaching on salvation, but good theology must start with man as bad. This is where the Reformers and the Reformed confessions start—with total depravity. For them the doctrine of total depravity did not mean that man ceases to be man, but it meant that he ceases to be good. The article outlines all of this.
The Origin of Death
When God’s Will is that His Will Not Be Done
It is a real danger that we sin so long and so grievously that the Lord will not grant repentance?
Christians Creative Birth Pains
Creature Mortality: From Creation or the Fall?
This essay is a re-examination of the popular doctrine that animals did not die before the fall of man and man was immortal. Some views of interpreters past and present are discussed. Munday, after examining the properties of man, animals and the universe both before and after the fall, concludes that Scripture does not demand the absence of animal death before the fall.
What Happens after I Die – Death's Universal Reign
Complete Grace
What different categories of theology exist? This article presents three: Pelagian, Semi-Pelagin, and Calvinist. It discusses each, and has a special focus on the third and its biblical underpinnings regarding the condition of man after the fall.