Common Grace Revisited

Widely known evangelical leader Richard J. Mouw has recently renewed the case for a common grace of God. In his book, He Shines in All That's Fair: Culture and Common Grace (Eerdmans, 2001), Dr. Mouw recommends to all Christians the theory of common grace, Mouw contends, is essential for Christian life in society, especially the Christian's cooperation with non-Christians in forming good, godly culture.

Common Grace Revisited is a response to Mouw's apology for common grace. It considers Mouw's arguments for common grace, examines Kuyperian (and now Mouwian) common grace in the light of Scripture and Reformed confessions, and proposes an alternative to common grace as the basis and motive of the Christian's life in society.

The doctrine of common grace must not go untested. There are solid, indeed urgent, reasons, both theological and practical, for challenging its claim to be part of the body of Reformed truth. Common Grace Revisited presents some of these reasons.

Those who have read He Shines in All That's Fair, as well as those who accept common grace, perhaps uncritically, as the power of the Christian life in the world, will do well to read Common Grace Revisited.