Mike does not hold to full Calvinist total depravity; the key disagreement is whether fallen humans can respond to the Holy Spirit's call

Mike affirms election is at least partly conditioned on foreknowledge/faith (conditional election), but not in a works-based sense. He is not confident about the Arminian doctrine of prevenient grace. His key disagreement with Calvinist total depravity is the specific claim that fallen humans cannot say "yes" to God even when the Holy Spirit is actively calling them through the gospel. He distinguishes between depravity as sinfulness and depravity as the absolute inability to respond to divine grace. He would define prevenient grace as the calling of the Spirit itself, not a separate partial regeneration.