Comments on: Fate Without Providence http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/10/fate-providence/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jeff Schultz http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/10/fate-providence/#comment-669 Jeff Schultz Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:07:48 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=588#comment-669 It's another form of idolatry -- we want the good gifts of God while being free to ignore the Giver. Put more positively, it demonstrates that we can't live in God's world without even unconsciously recognizing and worshiping His goodness. Inconsistencies like this are openings to point people to the God who is really there. It’s another form of idolatry — we want the good gifts of God while being free to ignore the Giver.

Put more positively, it demonstrates that we can’t live in God’s world without even unconsciously recognizing and worshiping His goodness. Inconsistencies like this are openings to point people to the God who is really there.

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