Theological Term of the Week
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 8:25PM
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common grace
“The grace of God by which he gives people innumerable blessings that are not part of salvation”;1 “those general operations of the Holy Spirit whereby He, without renewing the heart, exercises such a moral influence on man through His general or special revelation, that sin is restrained, order is maintained in social life, and civil righteousness is promoted; or, (b) those general blessings, such as rain and sunshine, food and drink, clothing and shelter, which God imparts to all men indiscriminately where and in what measure it seems good to Him.”2

Learn more:

  1. Theopedia: Common grace
  2. Tim Challies: Common Grace
  3. Gotquestions.org: What is common grace?
  4. Tim Keller: What Is Common Grace? (pdf)
  5. John Murray: Common Grace
  6. James Montgomery Boice: Common Grace
  7. Loraine Boettner: Common Grace
  8. Louis Berkhoff: Common Grace
  9. S. Lewis Johnson: The Doctrine of Common Grace (mp3 and transcript)
  10. Wayne Grudem: Common Grace (mp3)
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Filed under God’s Nature and His Work.

1From Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem.

2From Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof.

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