One of the faults in reform-adjacent Christianity is this insistence on a works-less faith. We have a whole system for what “good works” even means, taking Isaiah’s “righteousness is like filthy rags” and rendering good acts of nonbelievers as meaningless.
This is broken.
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First, we do not believe in a 'works-less faith,' but in a works-less **justification**. "It is faith alone that justifes; but the faith that justifes is never alone."
Second, "without faith it is impossible to please God." That is the 'vertical' element.
Third, we do believe in common grace--that is the 'horizontal' element.
I would highly recommend, before criticizing Reformed theology, that you be sure you understand it--and can articulate it in a way that its adherents would agree with. Look to the Three Forms of Unity, for example, or to the Westminster Standards.
