Common Grace

One theory that has gained wide acceptance in recent years is common grace. This teaching holds that God gives good gifts to the wicked out of some type of favor He has toward them and restrains sin in them to such an extent that they can do God-glorifying works without faith. This means that an actor can use his talents in films or on stage in spite of impenitently living a life of sin. Or a baseball player can honor God by making a home run while destroying the body God gave him with steroids...