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Category: Providence

  • Judgment on Haiti (?)

    Someone has claimed that Haiti’s disaster is due to the fact that they made a pact with the devil many years ago. The basic idea that they (or some small group of revolutionaries long ago) made a pact with the devil (or some evil spirit) is not necessarily incredible. It’s also not incredible that this…

  • More Evidence of Creation and Providence

    There is no lack of evidence that God created and rules all things. In this case, the evidence is a marvellously designed fish, which has a transparent dome on the top of its head, and tube-like eyes that can rotate up to look through the dome to look for prey above the fish (link). I…

  • In Praise of Slavery and Piracy

    Joseph’s brethren famously sold Joseph into slavery: Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. Later Joseph explained that this was intended as evil by the brothers…

  • Response to Hitchens’ Complaint about Human Suffering

    http://www.youtube.com/v/7gH88r14pVg&rel=1 In the video above, Dr. James White addresses atheist Christopher Hitchens’ complaint that man was suffering for a long time, while God was just watching. What is the answer? Hitchens has not addressed Christianity. Christianity asserts that God has had a plan from the very beginning and that nothing comes to pass that is…

  • Dangers in trying to Discern Providence

    God determines everything that will come to pass. If you pray that your dog will live, and your dog dies, God has answered your prayer in the negative. Sometimes it is not that cut and dried. 1. Ambiguities as to what Ought to be Done To take one example, a young person may pray for…

  • The Two Posts of Christianity

    There are two pillars of a complete doctrine of God’s interation with the world: Creation and Providence. Both are under attack on a daily basis. Providence is under attack from anti-Calvinists, and Creation is under attack from Evolutionists. Denial of Providence is key to affirming man’s individual sovereignty. If God is in control of everything…