Covenant Reformed News – October 2010 • Volume XIII, Issue 6
This article provides a Reformed exegesis of Psalm 8, using the psalm's meditation on God's glory in creation and man's dominion to critique the doctrine of common grace as a false philosophical framework used to reconcile evolutionary theory with biblical teaching. The author argues that common grace has been wrongly employed in modern churches to bridge the gap between unbelieving scientific interpretations and Scripture's account of creation.
Psalm 8 on Uncommon Grace The starting point for David’s devotions in Psalm 8 is the sky, the sky at night (whereas Psalm 19:1-6 treats the sky by day), for it is only when the sun is down that we can see “the moon and the stars” (8:3). The almighty wisdom manifest in “the work of [God’s] fingers” in outer space (3) leads the psalmist to marvel at God’s careful attention to puny man (4) whom He crowns with glory (5), giving him dominion (6) over the living creatures of the land, air and sea...