Hyper-Grace theology

{{Short description|Emphasizes God's grace, downplaying the effects of sin on a Christian}}

Hyper-Grace, also called the modern grace message, is a soteriological doctrine in Christianity which emphasizes divine grace and holds to eternal security. The view has been mostly popularized among certain expressions of Charismatic Christianity. Hyper-Grace has been advocated by Christian teachers such as Joseph Prince and Paul Ellis, among many others.{{Cite web |last=Lazar |first=Shawn |date=2017-10-18 |title=Wrath and Righteousness – Grace Evangelical Society |url=https://faithalone.org/blog/wrath-and-righteousness/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Michael L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ePrAQAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace:+Exposing+the+Dangers+of+the+Modern+Grace+Movement&pg=PA15 |title=Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message |date=2014 |publisher=Charisma Media |isbn=978-1-62136-589-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Synan |first=Vinson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ADJNDwAAQBAJ |title=The Truth about Grace |date=2018 |publisher=Charisma Media |isbn=978-1-62999-504-5 |language=en}} The term "Hyper-Grace" has been given to the view by its critics, however the term has been embraced by some who teach it.{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}

History

Hyper-Grace has mainly arisen out of theologians during the 20th and 21st centuries within the Charismatic movement. The doctrine of Hyper-Grace has caused some controversy within the Charismatic movement. The disagreements between Hyper-Grace theologians and other soteriological views has caused a controversy within Evangelical Christianity. The doctrines of Hyper-Grace have been critiqued by Evangelical authors such as Michael Brown and R. C. Sproul among others.{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Michael L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpTeCwAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PR11 |title=The Grace Controversy: Answers to 12 Common Questions |date=2016-05-03 |publisher=Charisma Media |isbn=978-1-62998-920-4 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=How should we respond to the hyper-grace movement? |url=https://www.ligonier.org/learn/qas/how-should-we-respond-to-the-hyper-grace-movement |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=Ligonier Ministries |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Abusing Grace |url=https://www.gty.org/library/blog/B150617/abusing-grace |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Grace to You |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Norris |first=Daniel K. |title='Hyper-Grace' Message Creating Culture of Lawlessness |url=https://www.charismanews.com/opinion/from-the-frontlines/45305-hyper-grace-message-creating-culture-of-lawlessness |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Charisma News |language=en}}

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More prominent theologians and teachers who have been identified with the movement include:

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Andre Rabe{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Andre van der Merwe{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Andrew Farley{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Andrew Wommack{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Benjamin Dunn{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Brandon Pollard{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Chuck Crisco{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Clark Whitten{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Michael L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpTeCwAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PR11 |title=The Grace Controversy: Answers to 12 Common Questions |date=2016-05-03 |publisher=Charisma Media |isbn=978-1-62998-920-4 |language=en}}
Colin Dye{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
D. R. Silva{{cite web |last1=Ellis |first1=Paul |title=“Hyper-Grace” by D. R. Silva |url=https://escapetoreality.org/2014/03/09/hyper-grace-by-d-r-silva/ |date=2014-03-09 |website=Escape To Reality |access-date=23 December 2023}}
Francois du Toit{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Henoch Bosedi{{YouTube|6lZuAAJoD9g|L'Evangile de la Grâce avec Henoch Bosedi {{!}} Extreme Grace}}.
Jeff Turner{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
John Crowder{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
John Sheasby{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Joseph Prince{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Michael Reyes{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Mick Mooney{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Paul Ellis{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Rob Bell{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Rob Rufus{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Michael L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpTeCwAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PR11 |title=The Grace Controversy: Answers to 12 Common Questions |date=2016-05-03 |publisher=Charisma Media |isbn=978-1-62998-920-4 |language=en}}
Ryan Rufus{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Simon Yap{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}
Steve McVey{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Michael L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpTeCwAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PR11 |title=The Grace Controversy: Answers to 12 Common Questions |date=2016-05-03 |publisher=Charisma Media |isbn=978-1-62998-920-4 |language=en}}
Tony Ide{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2kHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PP21 |title=The Hyper-Grace Gospel: A Response to Michael Brown and Those Opposed to the Modern Grace Message |date=2014-04-02 |publisher=KingsPress |isbn=978-1-927230-40-4 |language=en}}

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Theological views

Hyper-Grace is characterized by holding to eternal security with a high emphasis on divine grace. Hyper-Grace advocates hold that the believer is not under the Mosaic law in any sense, that one's sinful actions cannot hurt fellowship with God, denies the necessity of regular confession of sin in the life of a believer and holds to the belief that every Christian will have an equal possession in heaven.{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Paul |date=2017-04-04 |title=The Hypergrace of Joseph Prince: A Review of 'Destined to Reign' |url=https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-hypergrace-of-joseph-prince-a-review-of-destined-to-reign/ |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=The Gospel Coalition {{!}} Australia |language=en-AU}}{{Cite book |last=Canfield |first=Jeff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l8mrEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace&pg=PA379 |title=Margins: A Study of Theological and Natural Boundaries |date=2023-02-02 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-6667-6700-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Prince |first=Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DkJUEAAAQBAJ&dq=Destined+to+Reign&pg=PP1 |title=Destined to Reign Anniversary Edition: The Secret to Effortless Success, Wholeness, and Victorious Living |date=2020-04-21 |publisher=Destiny Image Publishers |isbn=978-1-68031-453-3 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Farley |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ok7oAgAAQBAJ |title=Relaxing with God: The Neglected Spiritual Discipline |date=2014-06-24 |publisher=Baker Books |isbn=978-1-4412-4608-0 |language=en}} However, Hyper-Grace advocates reject viewing grace as a "license" to live in disobedience, viewing it as the only way to stay away from sin and emphasizing the natural consequences sin may have.{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Stephen D. |title=Freedom From Sin – D.R. Silva |date=2014 |url=https://www.sdmorrison.org/freedom-sin-d-r-silva/ |website=S. D. Morrison |access-date=23 December 2023}} Thus, advocates of the view have argued that grace is the most powerful motivator of obedience.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Michael |date=2017-01-30 |title=Hyper-Grace: Setting the Record Straight With Pastor Joseph Prince |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/hyper-grace-setting-the-record-straight-with-pastor-joseph-prince.html |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=The Christian Post |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Farley |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ok7oAgAAQBAJ&dq=Hyper-Grace+Andrew+Farley&pg=PT40 |title=Relaxing with God: The Neglected Spiritual Discipline |date=2014-06-24 |publisher=Baker Books |isbn=978-1-4412-4608-0 |language=en}} Hyper-Grace rejects the idea of "Lordship Salvation", arguing that it leads to self examination and doubt. Advocates of Hyper-Grace deny that salvific repentance should be viewed as contrition and hatred for sin, instead being a change of mind, thus a synonym for belief in Christ.{{Cite book |last=Prince |first=Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVwTAgAAQBAJ |title=The Power of Right Believing: 7 Keys to Freedom from Fear, Guilt, and Addiction |date=2013-10-22 |publisher=FaithWords |isbn=978-1-4555-5317-4 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Farley |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aq7EAAAQBAJ&dq=Andrew+Farley+Lordship+salvation&pg=PA96 |title=101 Bible Questions: And the Surprising Answers You May Not Hear in Church |date=2023-10-17 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-68451-476-2 |language=en}}

This view is particularly similar to Free Grace theology with many points of agreement, however Free Grace theology is distinguished from Hyper-Grace by the emphasis of Free Grace theologians on the temporal judgements a believer can experience for their sins.

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Category:Charismatic Christianity

Hyper-Grace theology

History

Theological views

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