What about Evil? Quotes

“He always has good intentions for the evil that he decrees and ensures will take place. We do not always know what those good intentions are, but we can be assured that they exist.”
― Scott Christensen, What about Evil?: A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory

“he decrees evil only if he can establish some good and weighty reason for its occurrence that could come no other way.”
― Scott Christensen, What about Evil?: A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory

“It is not remotely possible for God to take delight in wickedness for the sake of wickedness. Therefore, if God takes no pleasure in wickedness, then it stands to reason that any wickedness brought to pass by the Sovereign of the universe must have some transcendently good intention standing behind it.”
― Scott Christensen, What about Evil?: A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory