Karl Barth was one of the most formidable critics of natural law theology in the 20th century. He was wrong to reject it, but the danger he identified—the corruption of natural law reasoning into ideological justification for racial hierarchy—was real. It’s real again now, as recent social media eruptions make plain. In the 1930s, German... Continue Reading →
Unconditional Election
Unconditional Election refers to the theological doctrine in Christian theology, particularly within Reformed and Calvinist traditions, which asserts that God's choice of who will be saved is not based on any condition or merit in the individual. In this view, God's election is entirely based on His will and grace, and it occurs independently of... Continue Reading →
Total Depravity
Total Depravity is the Reformed View of the Fall and effect of Sin. Virtually every church has, at some point, recognized or adopted the effect of original sin to some degree - also known as the Fall of mankind. "We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners."