economics, psychology, and sociology. Life does seem to be governed by human choices and natural processes. By most people’s accounting, that is simply how the world works, and because it is, it is also easy to understand how many Christians end up being more or less functional deists, believing that God exists and is “up there,” but going about the normal matters of daily life as if he were not really involved much at all. Nevertheless, we sense that something is wrong with this picture. When the