"God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established" -- Westminister Confession of Faith, 3.1.
God determines whatsoever comes to pass:
Proverbs 16:1, 4, 7, 9, 33; 20:24; 21:1, Jeremiah 10:23, Lamentations 3:37, 38, Amos 3:6, Acts 17:26-27, Daniel 2:21; 4:35, Psalm 139:16, Ephesians 1:11, Romans 11:36
John 3:27, Job 12:9-10; 14:5
God is sovereign over (ordains) evil, sin, and calamity without ever being guilty of wrong:
Isaiah 44:18; 45:7; 19:2; 63:17, Job chapters 1 and 2; especially Job 1:11-12, 21-22; 2:3, 10 and Job 12:9-10; 42:11, Psalm 105:25, Exodus 4:11, 21; 7:2-4, 13, 22; 10:27
Romans 9:17, 18-23, 1 Kings 22:19-23, 1 Chronicles 21:1 with 2 Samuel 24:1, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, 12, Genesis 45:5-8; 50:20, Revelation 17:17; 13:5; 13:7, Acts 2:23; 3:18; 4:27, 28, Luke 22:22, John 13:27-31; 19:11
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Council of Orange |
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The Sovereignty of God  |
David Petrie |
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John Frame |
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C.H. Spurgeon |
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Charles Woodruff |
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John Hendryx |
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Ernest Reisinger (book) |
Questions on Everyone's Mind  |
Tim Keller |
The Righteousness of God in the Sovereignty of God  |
Matt Perman - An Analysis of The Grace of God and the Will of Man |
Has the Potter No Right Over the Clay?  |
James White |
The Sovereignty of God and Pastoral Ministry  |
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Does God Permit Sin?  |
John Frame |
Does God Author Sin?  |
John Frame |
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Matt Waymeyer |
If God Is Sovereign, Why Pray? (Part 1)  |
Matt Waymeyer |
The Joy of Romans 9  |
John Piper |
Summary of the Sovereignty of God in Salvation  |
John Piper - The "Five Points" of Calvinism |
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I. C. Herendeen |
Christ's Predetermined Death  |
Robert C. Harbach |
God's Indisputable Sovereignty  |
The Highway site |
The Sovereignty of God  |
Eschatology site |
The Doctrine of the Sovereignty of God  |
John Macleod |
The Absolute Sovereignty of God: What Is Romans Nine About?  |
John Piper |
God's Sovereignty Over Suffering and Satan's Hand in It  |
John Piper |
The Sovereignty of God  |
Martin Luther |
If I didn't believe in the absolute sovereignty of God  |
Sam Storms |
Sovereign Grace and the Glorious Mystery of Election  |
C.J. Mahaney |
Be Wary of Ware (Part 1)  |
Steve Hays |
Be Wary of Ware (Part 2)  |
Steve Hays |
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John Piper |
The Absolute Sovereignty of God  |
D.H. Kuiper |
Should We Make an Issue of the Sovereignty of God?  |
Charles Woodruff  |
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John MacArthur, Jr. |
Supernatural Lessons from a Natural Disaster  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Why God's Grace is Sovereign and Free  |
Jay Wegter |
Divine Sovereignty  |
Charles Spurgeon |
The Sovereignty of God  |
John Murray |
The Sovereignty of God  |
John Murray |
The Sovereignty Of God  |
David Legge |
The Sovereign Grace of God  |
Nathan Pitchford |
God's Sovereignty Defined  |
Arthur W. Pink |
The Sovereignty of God  |
Barry E. Horner |
Objections to God's Sovereignty Answered  |
Arthur W. Pink |
If God is Sovereign, Does that Make Him Responsible for Evil?  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
The Sovereignty of God  |
Loraine Boettner |
All Things for Good (Part 1)  |
John Piper |
All Things for Good (Part 2)  |
John Piper |
How Does a Sovereign God Love?  |
John Piper |
I Am the Lord, and Besides Me There Is No Savior  |
John Piper |
If the Lord Wills  |
John Piper |
Jesus is the Ruler of Kings on Earth  |
John Piper |
Prayer Changes People's Wills  |
John Piper |
The Counsel of the Lord Stands Forever  |
John Piper |
The Elect Obtained It But the Rest Were Hardened  |
John Piper |
The Greatness of God's Electing Love  |
John Piper |
The Happiness of God: Foundation for Christian Hedonism  |
John Piper |
The Pleasure of God in All that He Does  |
John Piper |
The Sovereignty of God and the Sin of the Believer  |
John Piper |
The Sovereignty of God and Prayer  |
John Piper |
The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God  |
John Piper |
Tsunami, Sovereignty, and Mercy  |
John Piper |
The Sovereignty of God in Salvation  |
John Gill |
The Sovereignty of God in Salvation  |
John Murray |
Sovereign Grace Hated by the Modern Religionist!  |
Charles Spurgeon |
The Sovereignty of God in Salvation  |
A.W. Pink |
The Sovereignty of God in Salvation  |
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God's Sovereignty In Salvation  |
Steven Houck |
God's Mighty Power to Save  |
Steven J. Cole |
God is at the Center  |
John Samson |
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Matt Slick |
Sinners Desperate Need for Sovereign Grace  |
Brian Anderson |
The Sovereignty of God in Salvation  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
How to Talk About God's Sovereignty over Sin.  |
John Frame |
The Sovereignty of God  |
Donald Grey Barnhouse |
Should We Make an Issue of the Sovereignty of God? (.pdf)  |
Charles Woodruff |
What Do You Think About God When Calamity Strikes?  |
Thabiti Anyabwile |
All Things Were Created Through Him and for Him  |
John Piper |
Who Sent the Earthquake and the Tsunami? (.pdf)  |
Nollie Malabuyo |
If God Is Sovereign, Why Pray? (Part 2)  |
Matt Waymeyer |
If God Is Sovereign, Why Pray? (Part 3)  |
Matt Waymeyer |
God's Sovereignty, Paul's Conversion  |
John Piper |
The Sovereignty of God  |
Jeff Spry (pdf) |
The Sovereignty of God Over Man  |
Jeff Spry (pdf) |
The Sovereignty of God the Holy Spirit in Salvation (.pdf)  |
A.W. Pink |
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God (.pdf book)  |
John Piper, Mark Talbot, Stephen Saint, Carl F. Ellis Jr., David Powlison, Dustiin Shramek, Joni Eareckson Tada |
The Suffering of Man and the Sovereignty of God (.pdf)  |
Melvin Tinker |
Is God Capricious? (.pdf)  |
R. Scott Clark |
All Things Work Together for Good - Part I  |
Joel Beeke |
All Things Work Together for Good - Part 2  |
Joel Beeke |
The Sovereignty of God  |
Rev. Gise J. Van Baren |