Tabletalk Magazine, April 1996: Total Depravity

by Ligonier Ministries

Publisher:

Ligonier Ministries

, 1996

Overview

For more than thirty years, Tabletalk has existed to provide a substantive study tool for believers. Generally speaking, either laypeople receive very little instruction in the weightier matters of the faith or their instruction is too academic, largely inaccessible to the average person. This is the reason Tabletalk exists: to bridge the gap between the two poles; to explain to the people of God important biblical doctrines and events while supporting them in holy living.

Contributors include R. C. Sproul, Michael S. Beates, Ligon Duncan, Sinclair Ferguson, Tom Lutz, Kyle Henderson, John Sartelle, D. A. Carson, and Robert Barnes. Tabletalk features articles on topics central to the Christian faith and contains daily in-depth Bible studies.

Over the years, several awards have recognized Tabletalk for its excellence. Today, people all over the world read Tabletalk on a daily basis. Now, in the Logos Bible Software edition of Tabletalk, all Scripture passages link to your favorite Bible translation in your library. With the advanced search features of Logos Bible Software, you can perform powerful searches by topic or Scripture reference—finding, for example, every mention of “sanctification” or “salvation.”

Key Features

• Daily studies from the teaching fellowship of R. C. Sproul
• “Coram Deo” note from an editor

Contents

• “Captive Hearts, Captive Church” by R. C. Sproul
• “Nobody’s Perfect” by Michael S. Beates
• “Depravity & Sanctification” by Ligon Duncan
• “Little Innocents?” by Sinclair Ferguson
• “Depravity’s Divine Cure” by Tom Lutz
• “Sin, Salvation, & Self-Image” by Kyle Henderson
• “Immorality in the Church” by John Sartelle
• “Paul: An Apostolic Example” by D. A. Carson
• “Brazen Obedience” by Robert Barnes
• “Truth and Consequences: The Thanatos Factor”
• “Ministry News: Excuse Me, Who Am I Talking To?”
• “Tolle Lege: Luther's Bondage of the Will”

Praise for the Print Edition

Tabletalk has been a key ingredient in the diet of Christian’s conscious of their spiritual vitality.

—Michael S. Horton

Month by month, Tabletalk represents an oasis in a desert of false spirituality, mindless Christianity, and vapid conviction. Tabletalk represents theological rigor, biblical Christianity, and authentic Christian devotion. It is an antidote to the world of superficial Christianity. Read it and grow.

—R. Albert Mohler Jr.

Tabletalk has been a wonderful resource in my own daily walk with the Lord.

—Ravi Zacharias

Product Details

• Title: Tabletalk Magazine, April 1996: “Total Depravity”
• Editor in chief: R. C. Sproul Jr.
• Associate editor: Michael S. Beates
• Series: Tabletalk
• Publisher: Ligonier Ministries
• Publication date: 1996
• Pages: 62

About Ligonier Ministries

R. C. Sproul is founder and president of Ligonier Ministries and president of Ligonier Academy. He also servers as the senior pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he has written more than seventy books including The Holiness of God, The Intimage Marriage, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, Following the Cross, and the R. C. Sproul Exposition Collection.

Burk Parsons serves as editor of Tabletalk and associate pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he is editor of the books Assured by God: Living in the Fullness of God’s Grace and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology.