for’ (26). In fact, we are caught in a continuous tension between what we know and what we do not know. It is just as foolish to claim to know what we do not know as it is to confess not to know what we do know. In those areas in which God has not plainly revealed his mind, the right attitude for us to adopt is that of Christian agnosticism.128 But in verse 28 Paul lists five truths about God’s providence which we know. First, we know that God works, or is at work, in our lives. The familiar AV rendering