tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post3673377827360080233..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: The Sin & IThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-50608588505561522832016-03-18T17:34:16.087-05:002016-03-18T17:34:16.087-05:00I found the "Eastern" view of sin as a s...I found the "Eastern" view of sin as a sickness quite liberating. I am inclined to sin due to my fallen nature, I am not personally at fault for having a fallen nature, but any sins I commit are my fault from not sufficiently tending to and combating the fallen nature. <br />God will provide me grace if He sees me trying to do what is right.Ecclesial Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070187926547373245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-25963385403100408992016-03-18T08:24:37.854-05:002016-03-18T08:24:37.854-05:00I struggle with this idea of total depravity. If I...I struggle with this idea of total depravity. If I am, from the moment of conception, totally depraved, unable to do the smallest good without grace, then, no matter how it might feel to me, I have no actual free will. Either God will provide grace, in which case I will do good, or he will not, and I will act according to my depraved nature. There is, in reality, no "I" that chooses to do this or that.Paul Goingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06479425203740052841noreply@blogger.com