Understanding the Doctrine of Sin vs. the Doctrine of Total Depravity
Jonathan Gibson
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29 January 2025
11 November 2025
In this video, David Gibson discusses the doctrine of sin vs the doctrine of total depravity.
David Gibson is minister of Trinity Church in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is a coeditor of From Heaven He Came and Sought Her, and his publications include 'Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End'; 'Radically Whole'; 'The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion', and 'Ruined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective'.
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.
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