The Innocence Of God: Does God Ordain Evil?

The Innocence of God: Does God Ordain Evil?

About the AuthorUdo W. Middleman was born in Germany in 1940 and has lived in Switzerland for over thirty years. He is a university lecturer by special invitation in various countries; consultant and principle speaker on Ethics for a Civil Society for the Russian Ministry of Education and is at present the president of the Francis A. Schaeffer Foundation in New York and Switzerland.The Bible teaches us that God is sovereign over all. Does that mean that in his sovereignty and foreknowledge, all events are determined? What about evil and the choices of man to disobey God or not believe in him at all? What a choice to have to choose between a good but weak God or a bad but strong God. The sovereignty of God, the existence of evil, the responsibility of man ... how do these work together to explain human history and the reality of the world around us? Belief in the sovereignty of God has lead to extreme forms of determinism, while a rejection of God