I know, I'm sure we have "been there, done that" before with this topic of Common Grace.
In another thread, the following statement was made:
"Common Grace is actually the general kindness or benevolence of God to all men without discrimination and has to do more with His providential care of the creation without reference to the end of that creation."
This is the Biblical view of Providence. So why call it Common Grace? Why ruin the concept of Grace? So many (CRC for example) have taken "Common Grace" into a salvific sense, as something that can lead to salvation. This is a clear problem, and we are right to divide over this. Those who HAVEN'T defined it so...simply call it Providence! I never understand why people demanded the phrase "Common Grace". It just seems like the invention of an intentionally misleading term to describe something that is already defined by a word - and this immediately causes confusion.
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