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The Total Depravity of Man – Arthur W. Pink

Posted On Tuesday, 01 May 2012 By David Westerfield. Under Theology  Tags: Arthur Pink, Dead, man, sin, Theology, total depravity, wicked  
Arthur Pink gives an outstanding explanation of total depravity in his book The Total Depravity of Man. You can download a free e-book of this excellent work on the link given. Here are a few excerpts: It is a sadly neglected subject. Notwithstanding the clear and uniform teaching of Scripture, man’s ... Read More
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The Proper Confession and Acknowledgment of Sin

Posted On Friday, 23 Jul 2010 By David Westerfield. Under Theology  Tags: 38, Acknowledgment, Confession, david, Psalm, sin  
Reading Psalm 38 was extremely helpful today in considering the proper posture of our hearts when we come and confess our sins. We don't say  merely, "Lord, I made some mistakes, but I know You still love me." No, rather, in these verses read the way David speaks of his ... Read More
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It is God Who Justifies

Posted On Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010 By David Westerfield. Under Theology  Tags: cross, God, justification, Justifies, man, motives, Reconciliation, Resurrection, Romans 8:33, sin, wicked  
"Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies." - Romans 8:33 Recently, I have been in great need of repeating Gospel promises to myself, almost continually, otherwise my heart has seemed to slip very quickly into bitterness, misery, spiritual depression, anger, and the like. I'm ... Read More
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What is Sin?

Posted On Sunday, 07 Jun 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Theology  Tags: glory, God, gospel, Romans 1, Romans 3, sin, total depravity, total inability  
For most people, when the word sin is spoken, it is used either in a metaphorical sense or applied to people like Bernie Madoff, Hitler or Stalin, or used for exaggeration purposes, depending on the situation. When we consider our bad behavior or even the intentional harm we've caused others, ... Read More
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The Pragmatism of the Church – John MacArthur

Posted On Monday, 19 Jan 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Audio, Christian Culture, Philosophy of Ministry, Theology  Tags: Doctrine of Absolute Inability, evagelicalism, john macarthur, methodology, sin, Sinner Neither Able Nor Willing, t4g, together for the gospel, total depravity, total inability  
"Pragmatism has engulfed and swallowed up the professing church. Theology has been replaced by or subverted to styles of methodology. I think it is a strange phenomenon that throughout history denominations were established based around a common theology and now associations are established based around a common methodology. So much ... Read More
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The Lot of Jacob and Esau

Posted On Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Christian Culture, Scripture, Theology  Tags: bondage of the will, election, esau, eternity, genesis, grace, grace alone, jacob, predestination, Romans 9, sin  
As I have been reading through Genesis the past couple of weeks, something has become clear to me as the story line has progressed. We all know the story of Jacob and Esau, well, at least some of you reading might. As Paul says and properly interprets of this story ... Read More
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Comment on Monergism.com Concerning the Will

Posted On Thursday, 08 Jan 2009 By David Westerfield. Under Theology  Tags: bondage, choose, chosen, free will, inability, law, monergism, sin, Theology  
"Many today build a theology around the idea which assumes that God's commands to us in the Bible somehow imply our moral ability to keep them ... but we soon forget that Romans 3:20 declares that '...through the law comes knowledge of sin.' In other words, the commands exist to ... Read More
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This is Just One of the Forms of Persecution the Church Faces

Posted On Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 By David Westerfield. Under Culture, Theology  Tags: Christian, Discrimination, europe, Gay, Homosexual, Ministry, North America, Persecution, Scripture, sin, West  
Christian Ministry Fined $23,000 in Gay Discrimination Case Much can be said about where the modern notion of "tolerance" is headed in our society: the legal exclusion of those who are religiously and morally exclusive. More and more of these cases are starting to spring up in Europe and North America, ... Read More
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The Fear of the LORD is Hatred of Evil

Posted On Tuesday, 08 Apr 2008 By David Westerfield. Under Christian Culture, Theology  Tags: Andrew Murray, Arrogance, evil, Fear, Hatred, humility, Lord, pride, sin, Theology, total depravity  
"The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate." - Proverbs 8:13 Within the church many times, we consider "gross" sins to be homosexuality, excessive drinking, fornication, adultery, thievery, murder, cursing, etc. And while those are in no ... Read More
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Surely I was sinful at birth … Psalm 51:5

Posted On Saturday, 30 Jun 2007 By David Westerfield. Under Theology  Tags: babies, not innocent, original sin, psalm 51:5, sin, study, total depravity, total inability  
"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me." - Psalm 51:5 http://www.westerfunk.net/archives/chri ... 20pretend/ Interesting ... science backing up the Scriptural, spiritual reality of our hearts. We are sinful from birth, even from the time our mothers conceived us, just as David says in this Psalm. ... Read More
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