God's Goodness Always Particular

Rev. Daniel Zwier wrote a series of articles in the 1930s that attempted to defend the first point of common grace adopted by the Christian Reformed synod in 1924. Rev. Zwier charged that Rev. Herman Hoeksema and those who followed him were guilty of rationalism, faulty exegesis, and bad theology.

Zwier claimed to set forth a “triple cord” of texts that spoke clearly in support of a goodness of God to the ungodly reprobate. This goodness consisted in God’s giving the wicked good gifts such a...