“No Fabric without Threads”: a note on God’s meticulous providence

Jan Wynants, Parable of the Good Samaritan (1670)

“In order for God to remove kings and set up kings (Dan. 2:21), and to make nations great and destroy them (Job 12:23), he must orchestrate thousands upon thousands of human decisions, events of nature, and immeasurably vast webs of causes and effects. Don’t be naïve and affirm the fabric of God’s providence over kings and nations while doubting whether he holds all the threads and weaves with perfection.”

John Piper, Providence, Crossway, 2020, 333

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