Your recent article (“Calvin, Hoeksema, and the Free Offer (1)”—May 1, 2013) came in a timely manner. I had just finished my dissertation on “Providence” and wrote in the “Further Research” section that providence must be recovered over and against common grace. As an ex-Arminian, I too agree with the EPCA’s rejection of common grace and the well-meant offer on the grounds that it is the seedbed for Arminianism, and I wrote this [section in my dissertation] in response [to that reality]. Nancy A. Almodovar, Newburgh, IN (Ed. Note: Mrs. Almodovar’s letter was slightly edited. In correspondence, in which she...
