John Sanders expresses the open theist or risk-taking view of divine providence best: The survey of the biblical materials showed that God enters into genuine give-and-take relations with humans; what God wants does not always come about. The description of the divine nature as loving, wise, faithful and almighty promotes thinking of divine sovereignty in terms of general sovereignty, in which God chooses to macromanage most things while leaving open the option of micromanaging some things. This was God’s sovereign choice. In grace God grants humans a role in collaborating with him on the
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