“Well it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. . . . Now mostly dead is slightly alive. All dead—well, with all dead, there’s only usually one thing that you can do.”

“What’s that?”

“Go through his clothes and look for loose change.”

Recommended resources:

1. William W. Combs, “Does the Bible Teach Prevenient Grace?” Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 10 (2005): 3–18.
2. John Piper, “Total Depravity,” in “TULIP” (a nine-part seminar available in audio and video), 2008.
3. Thomas R. Schreiner, “Does Scripture Teach Prevenient Grace in the Wesleyan Sense?” in Still Sovereign: Contemporary Perspectives on Election, Foreknowledge, and Grace (ed. Thomas R. Schreiner and Bruce A. Ware; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000), 229–46.

1. John Piper and Bethlehem Baptist Church have Children Desiring God.

2. The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International national conference this week has “When I grow up, I want to be a fundamentalist.”

• NET: Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
• NASB: Better is a dish of vegetables where love is Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
• ESV: Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
• NIV: Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.
• TNIV: Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.
• NLT: A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate.