Description
Examining the Doctrine of Human Depravity in Scripture and throughout Church History
For centuries, theologians have debated the doctrine of total depravity—the belief that people are wholly and naturally corrupt due to original sin. Reformed theology upholds this truth, acknowledging it to be essential for understanding the gospel and humanity's need for a Savior.
Ruined Sinners to Reclaim persuasively reaffirms the doctrine of total depravity from biblical, historical, theological, and pastoral perspectives, drawing on the debates of theologians throughout church history. Edited by David and Jonathan Gibson, this book features contributions from respected theologians—including Michael A. G. Haykin, Gray Sutanto, Garry Williams, Mark Jones, Daniel Strange, and R. Albert Mohler Jr.—to help readers understand the reality of our sinful nature, its debilitating effects, and the Holy Spirit's role in salvation. This is the second book in the Doctrines of Grace series, which explores the central points of the Canons of Dort, providing a framework for understanding each doctrine in all its historical, biblical, theological, and pastoral richness.
Defends the Doctrine of Total Depravity: Including sin's origin, spread, nature, and scope, as well as its effects on free will
Comprehensive: Explores theological ideas throughout church history, including from the patristic, medieval, Reformation, and post-Reformation periods
Part of the Doctrines of Grace Series: Along with From Heaven He Came and Sought Her, this volume explores a central tenet of Reformed theology
Endorsements
"In Ruined Sinners to Reclaim, twenty-six gifted pastors and theologians have joined forces to bequeath the church a rich, fruitful, and comprehensive survey of the doctrine of total depravity from the perspectives of historical theology, biblical exegesis, systematic theology, and polemics. With sensitivity to the contours of our increasingly secular world, the authors demonstrate how our understanding of total depravity should impact our evangelism, counseling, and preaching in modern contexts. Above all, the authors lead us to the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. This magisterial work is one of the most definitive treatments of total depravity available in the Reformed tradition."
Joel R. Beeke
Table of Contents
Tables and Diagrams
Foreword (Michael Horton)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1: "Salvation Belongs to the Lord"
Mapping the Doctrine of the Total Depravity of Human Creatures
David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson
Part 1: Sin and Depravity in Church History
Chapter 2: "Rivers of Dragons and Mouths of Lions and Dark Forces"
If in the Patristic Tradition
Michael A. G. Haykin
Chapter 3: "Give What You Command, and Then Command Whatever You Will"
Augustine, Pelagius, and the Question of Original Sin
Bradley G. Green
Chapter 4: Ruined Sinners in a Pseudo-Augustinian Treatise on Predestination
Francis X. Gumerlock
Chapter 5: The Bondage of the Will
Luther versus Erasmus
Mark D. Thompson
Chapter 6: "Whatever Remains Is a Horrible Deformity"
If in Early to Post-Reformation Theology
Raymond A. Blacketer
Chapter 7: Sin and the Synod of Dort
Lee Gatiss
Chapter 8: "By a Divine Constitution"
Old Princeton and the Imputation of Adam's Sin
Ryan M. McGraw
Chapter 9: "The Chief Evil of Human Life"
Sin in the Life and Thought of the English Particular Baptists, 1680s–1830s
Michael A. G. Haykin
Part 2: Sin and Depravity in the Bible
Chapter 10: From Eden to Exile
The Story of Sin in Genesis–2 Kings
William M. Wood
Chapter 11: The Folly, Mystery, and Absurdity of Sin in the Wisdom Literature
Stephen M. Coleman
Chapter 12: Breaching the Covenant
If in the Prophets
William M. Wood
Chapter 13: "If You, Then, Who Are Evil"
Sin in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts
Douglas Sean O'Donnell
Chapter 14: "Everyone Who Practices Sin Is a Slave to Sin"
If in the Johannine Literature
Murray J. Smith
Chapter 15: "Wretched Man That I Am!"
If in the Pauline Epistles
Jonathan Gibson
Chapter 16: "That None of You May Be Hardened by the Deceitfulness of Sin"
If in Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, and Jude
Brandon D. Crowe
Part 3: Sin and Depravity in Theological Perspective
Chapter 17: I and the Norm
Comparative Religions and Alternative Philosophies of Sin
Nathan D. Shannon
Chapter 18: Whence This Evil?
Toward a Biblical Theodicy
James N. Anderson
Chapter 19: Total Depravity and God's Covenant with Adam (1)
A Case for the Covenant
Garry Williams
Chapter 20: Total Depravity and God's Covenant with Adam (2)
The Imputation of Adam's Sin
Garry Williams
Chapter 21: The Heart Wants What It Wants
A Protestant Assessment of the Doctrine of Lust
Steven Wedgeworth
Chapter 22: On Revelation and the Psychical Effects of Sin
Toward a Constructive Proposal
Nathaniel Gray Sutanto
Chapter 23: Original Sin in Modern Theology
Charles Hodge and Herman Bavinck on Friedrich Schleiermacher
Nathaniel Gray Sutanto
Chapter 24: "He is bent upon himself"
Toward a Theology of Sin
Andrew Leslie
Chapter 25: "Distinguished among Ten Thousand"
The Sinlessness of Christ
Mark Jones
Part 4: Sin and Depravity in Pastoral Practice
Chapter 26: Losing Our Religion
The Impact of Secularization on the Understanding of Sin
David F. Wells
Chapter 27: An Apology for "Elenctics"
The Unmasking of Sin in the Retrieval of a Theological Discipline
Daniel Strange
Chapter 28: Evangelizing Fallen People
Apologetics and the Doctrine of Sin
James N. Anderson
Chapter 29: Counseling Fallen People
Applying the Truth of Sola Scriptura
Heath Lambert
Chapter 30: Preaching to Sinners in a Secular Age
R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Appendix: Scripture Versions Cited
Select Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Product Details
Title: Ruined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective
Editor: David Gibson, Jonathan Gibson
Publisher: Crossway Publishing
Pages: 1040
Binding: Hardback
Size: 22.8 x 15.2 x 5.7 cm
ISBN: 9781433557057