Man’s Depravity: Total
Nathan Langerak critiques Rev. Shane Lems' distinction between total depravity and absolute depravity in response to C. S. Lewis's rejection of Calvinistic total depravity. The article defends the proper Reformed understanding of total depravity against both evangelical misunderstandings and what Langerak sees as an unhelpful theological distinction that has resurfaced in contemporary Reformed discourse.
In a recent post at Reformed Reader, Rev. Shane Lems, former United Reformed Churches church planter, and now Orthodox Presbyterian Church minister, reminds his readers of the importance of the proper definition of total depravity: "C. S. Lewis misunderstood this. He got it wrong. He wasn't really a theologian -- much less a Reformed theologian -- so we can charitably disagree and use this occasion to remember the right definition of total depravity."1 Reformed Reader is Rev. Lems' blog...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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