The Christian consensus may be summarized in three broad affirmations: (1) God is the good and just governor of nature and history in that he not only created but also sustains, guides, provides for and judges everything; (2) Nothing at all can happen in either nature or history that God does not at least allow; (3) God’s sovereign governance of nature and history is both “general” (i.e., through natural laws built into the processes) and “special” (i.e., extending to details of people’s lives). Within that broad consensus there is plenty of room for real diversity and even disagreement about
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