Sentence examples for totally depraved from inspiring English sources
Calvinism is a theology predicated on paradox: God has predestined every human being's actions, yet we are still to blame for our sins; we are totally depraved, yet held to the impossible standard of divine law.
Jonathan Edwards, initiator of the Great Awakening, a religious revival that stirred the eastern seacoast for many years, eloquently defended his burning belief in Calvinistic doctrine of the concept that man, born totally depraved, could attain virtue and salvation only through God's grace in his powerful sermons and most notably in the philosophical treatise Freedom of Will (1754).
At home as well as at school and church, the religious faith that ruled the poet's early years was evangelical Calvinism, a faith centred on the belief that humans are born totally depraved and can be saved only if they undergo a life-altering conversion in which they accept the vicarious sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
It borrows several notions from the sixteenth century French theologian: the Bible is infallible; the "law" is driven by the Ten Commandments, rather than the teachings of Jesus; humans are totally depraved; and God has predestined who will be saved.
"I've been living like a completely depraved lifestyle," she joked.
"It is deliciously depraved".
This is morally depraved.
Misguided, perhaps, but "depraved"?
Mankind is not innately depraved.
The law encourages depraved vigilante attacks.
