{"id":187,"date":"2007-08-19T01:18:35","date_gmt":"2007-08-19T05:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indefenseofthefaith.org\/?p=187"},"modified":"2007-08-19T01:29:23","modified_gmt":"2007-08-19T05:29:23","slug":"does-god-cause-sin-or-just-allow-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"Does God Cause Sin or Just Allow It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This question was brought up recently over at the Desiring God blog. Here are the resources that Abraham shared in the post<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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If God is sovereign over evil, can it be said that he causes<\/em> it? Or does he just allow<\/em> it? Is there really a difference? These are some of the questions we’ve received in response to John Piper’s article about the bridge collapsing<\/a> and the post on his upcoming sermon series<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I expect the sermons he’ll preach over the next few weeks on God’s power over sin and his purposes in it may answer some of these questions. Until then, you may find the following resources helpful:<\/strong> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n