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Tom Pennington explores the judicial reality of our condition. We aren't just ""broken"" people; we are guilty transgressors who stand condemned before a holy and righteous Judge. When you stand before the mirror of God's Law, do you see a person who is ""mostly good,"" or do you see a sinner whose only hope is the mercy of the Judge?

Pastor Tom addresses the devastating consequence of this reality: spiritual inability. Because we are ""bad to the bone,"" we are completely incapable of understanding the things of God or coming to Him for salvation on our own. Friend, does it humble you to realize that you didn't ""find"" God, but that He had to give you life while you were still dead in your sins?

Pastor Tom helps us understand the ""total"" in total depravity. We'll see that sin hasn't just touched a few areas of our lives but has permeated our minds, our wills, and our emotions, leaving no part of our being untouched. As you examine your life, can you see how sin has influenced even your ""best"" intentions?

On today's program, we look at the origin of our condition. We’ll see how the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden didn't just affect them but resulted in a corrupted nature passed to every descendant—leaving us not just ""sick"" but spiritually dead in our trespasses. Do you realize that your struggle with sin is the outward expression of a nature that has been ""bad to the bone"" since the Fall?

Understanding our depravity in light of the fall in Genesis 3 is essential because it reveals the magnitude of what sin has done to us. Sin is not simply a series of bad choices but a fundamental or radical corruption of our entire nature as human beings. When Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, every aspect of the image of God in man was marred: our minds were darkened, our emotions became disorde...

From Philippians 2:13, Tom considers several features of God's role in our transformation. If you've been discouraged by your lack of progress, or if you've been carrying the weight of sanctification on your own shoulders, today's message is an invitation to rest in the most powerful partnership imaginable.

Today, Pastor Tom explores why these verses aren’t contradictory but complementary. And after examining our role in the process of sanctification over the past several broadcasts, today we discover what God actually does to make us more like His Son, Jesus Christ.

Today's message delivers the practical heart of our series on sanctification, unpacking the three-step process for biblical change that Paul lays out in Ephesians 4: lay aside, be renewed, and put on. Friend, are you searching for biblical change? Today's message will help you greatly.

Today's message from Pastor Tom once again focuses on Philippians 2 and the spiritual transformation that God desires of every believer. And at the heart of that change are three steps that every believer must understand and apply: lay aside, be renewed, and put on. No Christian ever makes genuine progress in sanctification without all three.

Today we examine two critical elements: the attitude with which we are to pursue holiness and our actual part in the process itself. That part is captured in four words: ""work out your salvation."" Today, we learn what this expression means and why it is a key component of sanctification.