INTERVIEW: Rev. Dr. Andy Underhile (Reformed) & Rev. Donald Veitch (WCF-...

Rev. Dr. Andy Underhile and I discussed “common grace”—its origin, Augustine’s view of it, the medieval concept of nature and grace, the name and concept, its varied meanings, the relationship to Christ, general and special revelation and problems with that, election and reprobation, the lawlessness of the reprobate in God’s world, the Heidelberg Catechism and more. Of note, the promulgation of this has led to the weakening of the preaching of Law and Gospel, or, the Gospel ministry. Andy has done a diachronic analysis on hesed in the OT and xaris in the NT. Our plan is to revisit this issue of “common grace” in our next interview. Due diligence, due process, and due discovery of the Biblical text, listening to others in history as well as traveling partners in the communion of saints across the ages. God and the Bible are over all traveling partners and He is the Headman and King of the communion of the saints and Sovereign over all nations.