tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post7283753611310091048..comments2024-03-28T22:55:23.525-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: John S. Piper, Predestination and Las VegasEdgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-75720213433457014152014-11-19T14:01:55.077-08:002014-11-19T14:01:55.077-08:00The view that says God foreordains sin and all oth...The view that says God foreordains sin and all other events still does not make a lot of sense to me. Let's imagine that Hurly Burly, one of the worst characters who ever lived, is gambling at Las Vegas and wins enough money to help him retire for life. He takes his earnings home, spends them lavishly on wanton pleasures, never repents or becomes a Christian, does not use the money for a good purpose at all, curses God, and then dies. Why would God have willed that Hurly Burly walk off with such a big payload? What sense does it make? How would it fit within the parameters of some great cosmic plan?<br /><br />Time and chance befalleth them all (Ecclesiastes 9:11).Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.com