December 29, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Total depravity, total inability
How can

GES has an online seminary. While the education is quite expensive, our donors are paying the cost of the faculty, teaching assistants, and administrators. Classes are free for the students if they maintain at least a B average.  Starting in January, […]

How can a dead man respond to God

GES has an online seminary. While the education is quite expensive, our donors are paying the cost of the faculty, teaching assistants, and administrators. Classes are free for the students if they maintain at least a B average.  Starting in January, […]

November 11, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Total depravity, total inability
Are unbelievers totally unable to respond to God

In response to the teachings of Arminius, Calvinism developed five points that are known by the acrostic TULIP. The T in TULIP stands for total depravity. That expression sounds as […]

Does “Dead” Always Mean “Unable”_

One area of theology that needs to be rethought is the doctrine of total depravity, particularly the ability or inability of the unregenerate to respond in faith to God. Often, […]

Able But Unwilling

Bob and I wrote an article called “TULIP or ASSURE?” in which we briefly outlined what we thought was the Biblical alternative to the Five Points of Calvinism (and Arminianism). […]

Everyone is persuadable.

Question Shawn, in recently countering Calvinism, you mentioned man has the “ability to believe or not believe”. I agree with this, however it conflicts with GES’ normal position that “believing […]

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