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Are People Basically Good?

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Release Date: 09/16/2026

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Are people basically good? Many seem to think so, but God’s Word says otherwise. Today, R.C. Sproul warns us not to grade our own righteousness on a curve, for the true standard of goodness is the perfect character of God.

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