THE BELGIC CONFESSION (1561)
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS GOOD GOD, AFTER CREATING ALL THINGS, DID NOT ABANDON THEM TO CHANCE OR FORTUNE BUT LEADS AND GOVERNS THEM ACCORDING TO HIS HOLY WILL, IN SUCH A WAY THAT NOTHING HAPPENS IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT GOD’S ORDERLY ARRANGEMENT.
WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH (1646)
GOD THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS DOTH UPHOLD, DIRECT, DISPOSE, AND GOVERN ALL CREATURES, ACTIONS, AND THINGS, FROM THE GREATEST EVEN TO THE LEAST, BY HIS MOST WISE AND HOLY PROVIDENCE, ACCORDING TO HIS INFALLIBLE FOREKNOWLEDGE, AND THE FREE IMMUTABLE COUNSEL OF HIS OWN WILL, TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS WISDOM, POWER, JUSTICE, GOODNESS AND MERCY.
“EVERY TINY, POPPING BUBBLE IN THE FOAM AT THE TOP OF A NEWLY POURED CAN OF COKE. EVERY FLOATING DUST MOTE WHICH YOU CAN SEE ONLY IN THE EARLY-MORNING BEDROOM BEAM OF LIGHT. EVERY TIP OF EVERY STALK OF GRAIN STRETCHING ACROSS THE ENDLESS NEBRASKA PLAINS. ALL OF THEM, WITH ALL THEIR SLIGHTEST MOVEMENTS, SPECIFICALLY GOVERNED BY GOD.”
-JOHN PIPER
PAUL AND HIS PERSECUTORS,
PAUL AND THE JEWISH COUNSEL, 22:22-30
PAUL AND THE HIGH PRIEST, 23:1-6
PAUL AND THE SADDUCEES AND PHARISEES, 23:7-10
PAUL AND 40 TERRORIST, 23:12-15
PAUL AND HIS NEPHEW (NOT A PERSECUTOR) 23:16-22
PAUL BEFORE FELIX, 23-35
JESUS AND PAUL, 23:11
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