Joel wrote:
> In the "Preprogrammed" and "Gasket" posts of late the idea of God's
> sovereignty being an overview sovereignty has seemingly been
> expressed.
> For example, God being not sovereign over our particular
> choices but only
> over some sort of general pattern. This, I think, is
> inappropriate. I
> wrote earlier on the matter expressing a duality existing
> between human
> free will and God's sovereignty, one that could not be
> resolved via human
> reason. I think I should qualify the phrase "God's
> sovereignty" by the
> word immanent. God's plan is not simply for the pattern of
> our lives but
> rather God's hand is present in all that we do.
Perhaps the presence of God in all we do lies in His image that we bear. The
image is not a passive state, but an active one, referring to our essential
nature and inclinations.
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