There is an intimacy of involvement with the world that we mechanized scientific 20th century people don't generally think about.

We just think everything is by scientific molecular causality, everything just works.

And God wound it up that way, or maybe God didn't, and works.

Whereas the writers of the Bible saw God much more intertwined with his creation.

How intimately involved is God with his creation and why does it matter?

In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper shows how the fact that there is no rogue molecule

in the universe should encourage us as God's people.

This seminar was originally given at Bethlehem Baptist Church on November 1st,

1995.

His wife is named Barbara, and last, or earlier this year, I think it was, doesn't give give the date I'm going to read you part of this story that he tells

About how she almost died in a surgery that was to be absolutely commonplace simple surgery.

And the way she didn't die is so remarkable that he tells the story and chocks it up to the providence of God.

So I'll skip around and this will take a few minutes to read but I think you'll find it very

remarkable and

the

the life of my beloved wife Barbara hung in the balance by the

balance by the thinnest thread. Early in the morning I had checked Barbara into the hospital

and settled back to wait. As I was reading the morning paper I recognized a medical technician

named Suzanne and cheerfully greeted her.

Suzanne had become friends with my wife's niece when they both had worked in the

hospital some years before.

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