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Behind a frowning providence: God and tough times

Rather than putting God in the dock, we’re instead supposed to remember the doctrine of God’s providence.
His latest book leans on the Reformed tradition while speaking to 21st-century questions. At this stage of his ministry, it might be helpful to imagine Piper playing the role of C. S. Lewis’s ...
Early in July, math professor emeritus Jim Bradley was awarded a $1,693,381 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to explore how randomness in the universe interacts with divine providence. Bradley ...
Fear not: for am I in the place of God? As for you, ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, … as it is this day, to save much people alive (Gen. 50:12, 20; read vv. 15–21). This ...
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the providence of God. What do we mean by providence? In the Latin or Greek, it means to have “foresight” or “forethought.” This implies a future end, a goal, ...
VATICAN CITY (EWTN News/CNA)—Christians should trust in the loving providence of God, even when going through dark periods in life, Pope Benedict XVI said in his Feb. 1 general audience. “In prayer we ...
We have to remind ourselves strongly about this fundamental truth about ourselves. That’s because we are practically forgetting it and are increasingly suffering the dire consequences. We have to live ...
Providence is not a word you hear too often these days. In the Christian tradition we have always taught that you can rely on God’s providence. Famine, disease, war and persecution have taught us ...
The Washington Post reports that Americans don’t sleep enough. The article in the paper’s main edition is replete with all the references that make a conclusion sound authoritative: professors from ...