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What does Primary Grace mean?

In his book, Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity, Eugene Peterson writes:

“The Hebrew evening/morning sequence conditions us to the rhythms of grace. We go to sleep, and God begins his work. As we sleep he develops his covenant. We wake and are called out to participate in God's creative action. We respond in faith, in word. But always grace is previous. Grace is primary. We wake into a world we didn't make, into a salvation we didn't earn. Evening: God begins, without our help, his creative day. Morning: God calls us to enjoy and share and develop the work he initiated. Creation and covenant are sheer grace and there to greet us every morning.”

The all-sufficient grace of God sustains us. Each day we wake up, we can start the day resting in God's promises, taking comfort in his divine providence, knowing he is already at work in our lives, ordering our steps, and paving the way with his grace—primary grace.

About the Author

I began preaching in 1994 at the age of 17. I spent most of my ministry in a classical Pentecostal faith tradition. While the evolution of my theology led me to the Reformed tradition, I am grateful for the years spent in Pentecostalism.

I subscribe to a Reformed soteriology. I believe the gifts and operation of the Holy Spirit are for the church today. I am complementarian regarding how men and women biblically relate to each other. I embrace credobaptism as the biblical form of water baptism. Christian Hedonism is the foundation of my theology and the bedrock of my life.

I embrace orthodox believers as brothers and sisters in Christ who don’t share these theological distinctives.

My wife Tammy and I married in 1995 and have two sons. We reside in Dallas.