The Vision of Nature and Grace in Modern Reformation

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Bob Greene: Can you discuss and help unpack how Protestants thought of nature and grace and creation? He says there's been a debate in Roman Catholic theology about whether God created humanity already oriented towards the vision of God, a supernatural end. Greene: John Calvin laid the groundwork for this idea that grace adds something. That's called a Donum super auditorium, the super added gift.

In the beginning, God spoke the world into existence. He made man and woman the crown of his creation, image-bearers of the Almighty God. Humans have a special place in God’s created order. But as we know, it didn’t take long for sin to enter the world, corrupting this image and changing our relationship to our Creator. In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland consider our true nature as those created by God and why it’s important for us to understand our origin story.