#45a. Ideas That Hinder Obedience: Total Depravity
- Author
- Catherine McKay
- Published
- Wed 27 Apr 2022
- Episode Link
- https://www.motherbiblelife.com/articles/doctrines-that-hinder-totaldepravity
Should we expect children will learn to obey when we know they have a sinful nature? Is it even possible this side of Genesis 3?
The fallen, sinful nature does not completely erase the divine likeness every human being bears. If our thinking about total depravity has us conclude that no child can ever learn to obey at all, that they are beyond instruction and correction, that their lack of obedience is inevitably permanent, that they are unrestrainable, then we’ve not understood enough of the doctrine...
What if kids learning to obey parents is a gift of God's common grace, whether people are Christian or not?
