Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe

by Voddie T. Baucham Jr.

Every conversion is a miraculous event. Scripture makes it clear that every man is dead in sin, prone to pursue the passions of his flesh, and under satanic influence (Ephesians 2:1–3). As a result, men, in and of themselves, do not turn to God and obey Him. In fact, man is incapable of doing so (Romans 8:8); the Bible tells us, “No one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one” (Romans 3:11–12). This goes beyond mere ignorance. In fact, the Bible makes it clear that men are in fact “hostile to God” (Romans 8:7). As the prophet Isaiah says, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way” (Isaiah 53:6).