Concerning Free Will

The idea of man’s free will is a belief which is very popular in the world today. We hear of it often, either outwardly declared, or implied in such practices as altar calls. This doctrine of free will is a heresy which takes the honor due unto God, and ascribes it to man. The truth of man’s total depravity has been taught against this heresy by many church fathers. Augustine, around 400 A.D., spent much of his life refuting free will as taught by the heretic Pelagius; in the sixteenth century,...