He soon ran through the money; and he finished up feeding pigs, a task that was forbidden to a Jew because the law said, ‘Cursed is he who feeds swine.’ Then Jesus paid sinning humanity the greatest compliment it has ever been paid. ‘When he came to himself’, he said. Jesus believed that being away from God prevented people from being truly themselves. That was only possible once they were on their way home. Beyond a doubt Jesus did not believe in total depravity. He never believed that you could