God’s Sovereign Purpose will focus each reader’s attention on the God of Scripture, in whose presence our questions about Scripture are put in proper perspective. Here, with Augustine, we hear Dr. Lloyd-Jones summoning us, before the majestic sovereignty of God, to ‘humility, humility, humility’.<\/p>\n
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