I'll tell you why I raise the question: For many in the grace movement (of which I consider myself a part), there is the subtle transition away from the distinctive work of Christ for us (and the radical problem of personal evil it solves) towards a secular-humanism with a nod to Jesus, (but a revised Jesus.) This new 'grace' is a constraint-free, fully-permissive grace (but not 'profitable') that permits the adherent to believe whatever suits him or her.
This revised grace flows from a reconstructed version of Scripture that no longer values absolutes: Everything is now fluid and flexible. This has happened in large part because of postmodernism's affect upon the Church, as much as anywhere else. It has resulted in the deconstruction of everything, leaving many in the Church to develop their own stories piecemeal, and according to their own tastes...and wounds. (Our unhealed wounds lead us far more than we know.)
This new grace is also a reaction to the failures of institutional ideals (and there are many). I myself was deeply wounded by the institutionalized version of the 'gospel.' In many ways, an initial polarization against the things that once bound us is completely normal....as long as we don't stay there. Healthy development means continuously reassessing our current position so that we are lead to truer and deeper freedom in Christ.
Grace is a great thing, but it is not license to construct our own versions of the Gospel. I'm not even sure you need Jesus with this new and revised grace, nor do you need the testimony about him and his cure for the human condition as described in the scriptures. Many no longer even hold the Scriptures as the final authority against which all other voices are measured. (God does speak to our hearts outside of Scripture, but never in contradiction to it. So how do you evaluate what you hear if you've discarded the template altogether?)
Secular humanism, under the guise of 'grace' doesn't lead us into reality any better than the storylines we followed before we met Christ; for it becomes unhinged from the actual person and restoring work of the actual Jesus. This altered humanistic distortion of grace reconstructs the Gospel, leaving each of its adherents coccooned in their private plot-lines and fragmented narratives. How is that helpful?
Have you seen this dynamic at work? Do you agree, disagree?