Larry has graciously consented to our excerpting a few passages from the book for the benefit of our readers. These excerpts will appear this month, and next in Watchman . Ordering information is available following the article for those who wish to purchase the book itself. Calvinism tells us three things.
Man is born in sin.
This is the doctrine of total, hereditary depravity. Total means all, whole or complete. Hereditary means one receives it from his parents, which in this case means from Adam, hence, adamic, original sin. Depravity means bad, wicked, evil. Thus, every person born into this world is, at birth, thoroughly, utterly sinful.