The Sovereignty of God.

It's one of those big topics that so often dominates our theological conversations with other Christians.

What does the Bible actually teach about God's sovereignty?

How extensive is it?

What about evil and suffering?

And what about free will?

In our interview today, I'm talking with Paul David Tripp, a bestselling author, a former pastor, and the founder of Paul Tripp Ministries.

His newest book is called Do You Believe? 12 historic doctrines to change your everyday life from Crossway.

Let's get started.

Well, Paul, thank you so much for joining me again today.

I think this is our fifth interview together for the Crossway podcast.

Well, I love doing these with you.

It's like a reunion now.

It is. It is. One of these days we'll get to do it in person. It's been, I think our first one was, but since then, it's all been remote.

So over the last couple of years, we've talked about a few really important topics for the Christian life.

We've talked about parenting in light of the gospel.

We've talked about the church's leadership crisis. We've talked about marriage and how God

designed it to reflect something really significant for us. And today I'm excited to talk about

yet another really foundational topic for our lives as believers, and that's the doctrine

of God's sovereignty. And it's one of those doctrines that probably most Christians have

thought about at least a little bit, and it's obviously a doctrine that is sometimes

pretty controversial for some Christians. So I wonder if you can just get us started. How would

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