The entrance of evil into the domain of God is admittedly a deep mystery, nevertheless sufficient is revealed in the Scriptures to prevent our forming erroneous views thereon. For instance,…
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Perhaps some of our younger and more impatient readers are inclined to demur: ‘Why devote a separate chapter to this? We already know all about it: the remedy for ruined…
In the introductory chapter of this book we intimated that we should endeavour to show that our present subject is one of immense doctrinal importance and of great practical value….
After the ground we have already covered, it might be thought there was no need for us to devote a separate section to the furnishing of proof that man is…
While endeavouring to present a complete picture of fallen man as he is depicted by the Divine pencil in the Scriptures, it is very difficult to avoid a measure of…
Neither the scientist, the philosopher, nor the psychologist can correctly diagnose the fatal malady which has seized upon all mankind, and still less is any of them able to gauge…
The theology of the last century has failed lamentably at two essential points, namely its teaching concerning God and its teaching concerning fallen man. As an Australian writer recently expressed…
In our last chapter we showed how Scripture casts light upon the great moral problem of how an inherently corrupt nature originates in each child from the beginning of its…
In introducing this aspect of our subject we cannot do better than set before the reader what A. A. Hodge pointed out are ‘the self-evident moral principles which must ever…
The key which opens to us the mystery of human depravity is to be found in a right understanding of the relations which God appointed between the first man and…
We are now to consider the bearing which Adam’s sin had upon his posterity, and the different effects which it entailed and produced — though the latter will come before…
That something is radically wrong with the world of mankind requires no laboured argument to demonstrate. That such has been the case in all generations is plain from the annals…
This book is likely to meet with a decidedly mixed reception. Some of our readers will probably be very disappointed when they see the title, deeming the subject quite unattractive…
Introduction: Historically, this title is of little accuracy or worth; I use it to denote certain points of doctrine, because custom has made it familiar. Early in the seventeenth century…
Introduction The modern era is a time of great theological ignorance, indifference, and declension. Most of the denominations and churches which are generally referred to as conservative, Bible-believing and evangelical…
1. STATEMENT OF THE DOCTRINE IN the Westminster Confession the doctrine of Total Inability is stated as follows: — “Man, by his fall Into a state of sin, hath wholly…
DOCTRINE: MAN’S NATURE IS NOW WHOLLY CORRUPTED I shall confirm the doctrine of the corruption of nature. I shall hold the glass to your eyes, wherein you may see your…
‘The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.’ Jeremiah 17:9. True and faithful is the testimony of God. Men may amuse themselves and their fellow creatures with empty,…
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:6 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me…
Though written many decades ago, the following quotation is an admirable expression of the continuing concern of Reformed thinkers for the doctrine of total depravity. If the church and the…
Last thing at night, when our children were small, I often secretly watched them as they slept: there they lay, breathing rhythmically, almost imperceptibly, relaxed, at ease, enjoying ‘the sleep…
