because God cannot prevent them from happening. God’s good intentions are eclipsed by His basic inability to effect His will. God is good enough, but not great enough. These attempts to resolve the tension between God’s goodness and greatness range from a happy worry to blasphemy. I confess that I do not know why things are the way they are, and I often wish that things would more obviously, at least to my sight, work together for that good God has promised. Stumbling by sight has always been easier
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