On March 13, author David Engelsma was featured on the podcast"Conversations That Matter" to explain the heart of his book Christianizing the World, Kuyper's doctrine of "Common Grace," and its impact on modern evangelicalism. The links to that podcast and to the book featured in the discussion are included below.Read More
All That God Cares About: Common Grace and Divine Delight by Richard J. Mouw (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2020). 176 pages. Softcover $20.90, hardcover $22.06. Reviewed by Prof. David J. Engelsma. Introduction In this new book, Reformed theologian Richard J. Mouw pursues the defense of a common grace of God that he began in 2001 with the publication of his book, He Shines in All That’s Fair: Culture and Common Grace (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing, 2001). In the new...
What does the Bible teach regarding God’s attitude to the reprobate ungodly? What are the implications that God has an attitude of favor to the wicked? Do the Psalms support or give the lie to the theory of common grace? Does Zwier’s “triple cord” of biblical texts hold firm, or is it cut to ribbons? Read and gain new appreciation for the truth that God’s goodness is always particular. 144 pages paperback ISBN 978-1-936054-90-9 also available in ebook format Note: This...
This book is Rev. Herman Hoeksema’s defense of particular grace over against the teaching of common grace, set forward by the Rev. Daniel Zwier in the periodicalDe Wachter.In the 1930s Rev. Zwier attempted to show how a denial of common grace was unscriptural. He charged that Rev. Hoeksema and those who followed him were guilty of rationalism, faulty exegesis, and bad theology.
Read and gain new appreciation for the truth that God’s goodness is always particular.
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From Crete PRC (Illinois) comes this notice of a special public lecture to be held this week Friday, October 28, 2016. The doctrine of common grace developed by Abraham Kuyper has had radical and far reaching effects in the Reformed and Presbyterian denominations that have embraced it. Crete PRC is hosting a lecture this week Friday, October 28, at 7:30 pm entitled “The Tipping Point: Common Grace, Worldliness, and the Growing Apostasy in the Church.” The speaker will be Prof. R. Cammenga, professor of Dogmatics...
NOW AVAILABLE: C H R I S T I A N I Z I N G T H E W O R L D This book is a critique of Abraham Kuyper’s cultural theory of a common grace of God and of the grandiose mission of this grace, and of those who confess the theory and evidently intend to promote it so that it accomplishes the end Kuyper claimed. The book exposes Kuyper’s biblical basis for his theory and...
Christianizing the World: Reformed Calling or Ecclesiastical Suicide? This book is a critique of Abraham Kuyper’s cultural theory of a common grace of God and of the grandiose mission of this grace, and of those who confess the theory and evidently intend to promote it so that it accomplishes the end Kuyper claimed. The book exposes Kuyper’s biblical basis for his theory and its practical mission. The first and main part of the book is a much-expanded version of the public lecture given...
Southwest Protestant Reformed Church invites you to view a recently completed video of Questions and Answers from the 2014 lecture “Kuyper’s Common Grace ‘Christianizing of Culture’—Reformed Calling or Ecclesiastical Suicide?” In this video Prof. David Engelsma answers important questions that were presented by those who attended or viewed the lecture. This video can be found at www.commongraceandculture.com under the Questions & Answers section. DVDs are also available by requesting a copy at christianandculture@gmail.com. ...
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A public lecture, "Kuyper's Common Grace 'Christianizing of Culture'—Reformed Calling or Ecclesiastical Suicide?" will be given at Sunshine Christian Reformed Church on the East Beltline in Grand Rapids, MI on September 26, 2014 sponsored by Southwest Protestant Reformed Church. The speaker will be David J. Engelsma, professor of theology in the Protestant Reformed Churches in America. The occasion for the lecture is the significant project of the translation into English for the first time of the noted Dutch theologian and statesman, Abraham...
Common Grace Revisited Written as a response to Dr. Richard J. Mouw's apology for common grace, He Shines in All That's Fair: Culture and Common Grace, this book examines the theory of common grace in the light of Scripture and the Reformed confessions, challenges its claim to be part of the body of Reformed truth, and proposes an alternative to common grace. Trinity and Covenant In the light of profound...
