A Word from Bob
You’re reading part of a series of posts on Reformed thinking on “common grace.”
In my first post, I shared a collation of quotations on 7 Reformed Theologians on “Common Grace.” That included what John Calvin, Abraham Kuyper, John Murray, John Frame, Charles Hodges, Tim Keller, and R.C. Sproul said about common grace and what believers can learn from unbelievers. As those quotes showed, the Reformed doctrine of common grace explains how unsaved, unregenerate, totally depraved people under the noetic impact of sin can still make a legitimate contribution to culture, to the arts, to science, to research, and more.
In my second post, I added quotes from an 8th reformed theologian: Herman Bavinck on “Common Grace,” Part 1. I derived that post from: Bavinck, Herman. “Herman Bavinck’s ‘Common Grace.” Raymond C. Van Leeuwen, Translator. Calvin Theological Journal, 24(1), April 1989.
Today, I continue with additional posts from Bavinck on common grace. Many of the quotes in this post are from: Bavinck, Herman. “Calvin and Common Grace.” Geerhardus Vos, Translator. The Princeton Theological Review, 7(3), 1909, 437-465.
Calvin and Bavinck on God’s Gifts to All People
Bavinck presents Calvin as delicately balancing the two scriptural
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