Thus says the Lord: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.
But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'" --Jeremiah 6:16

 

21 August, 2006   comments: (0) Audio Clips   Today's Denial of Original Sin. Is Man Dead in Sin? Martin Luther believed that it was the necessary precursor to preaching the Cross, and yet it's a belief that's been abandoned by much of today's church. To demonstrate this, here is an audio clip containing the actual responses that Christian leaders gave to this question: "What do you do with Paul when he says in Romans 3 that noone does good, no not even one, noone seeks after God?" Many of their answers were intriguing, some were even surprised that this passage was in the bible. Others in these man-on-the-street interviews simply thought that Paul was referring to some kind of "spiritual bad hair day" in which we all might occasionally sin; they failed to acknowledge the depth of man's sinfulness. Still others flat-out disagreed with the Apostle, seemingly with an attitude of: "Paul didn't know what he was talking about when he described human nature, but I do". It's a remarkable denial from bible thumping evangelical America. This 15 minute audio clip comes from an early 2006 White Horse Inn program. In response to these interviews, Michael Horton remarks: We're in a phase of church history where evangelicalism is a carrier of the Pelagian virus. Diedrich Bonhoeffer called American Protestantism: "Protestantism without the Reformation". What does all of this mean for today's "Seeker" churches? Are the unregenerate really seeking God, or is it instead true that God is the one who seeks? As you'll hear in this audio clip, failure to put proper emphasis on this doctrine results in the Gospel seeming "ho hum" to unbelievers. CLICK HERE TO PLAY NOW . . . or to download this MP3 file for later: right click the link and then "save target as"   More Old Truth Audio Files: 04/25/08 - The False Peace of Truth-Compromised 03/20/08 - The Arrogance of Abandoning Church History 02/25/08 - Judging Fruit By Biblical Standards 01/30/08 - The History of Praise Songs: Simple from Semple 11/06/07 - Audio Archive: How God Converts The Human Soul 07/19/07 - Theology Q&A's: Does Prayer Change God's Mind? 06/03/07 - Addressing Our Culture w/Reformed Christianity 05/28/07 - Don't Make The Church Mars Hill, Go There Instead 05/07/07 - Old Truths versus The Quest For 'Something New' 04/27/07 - Lost and Found: The Fear of The Lord Detailed Listing of All Audio Files   Posted by: Jim B.   Link: http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/.id.2.pid.252   Be the first to post a comment about this article        Home  |   About  |  Videos   |  Calvinism