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Dr. Toby Holt explores the concept of God's providence in the context of Joseph's story in Genesis 45, addressing the question of why a good God allows evil.

If God is good, why does He allow evil to touch our lives? In this study of Genesis 45, Dr. Toby Holt stands with Joseph as he faces the very brothers who sold him into slavery. Few men ever had more reason for revenge; yet Joseph sees a hand above his brothers' hands. Dr. Holt defines providence — God's sovereign, purposeful governance of all things — and shows that it includes hardship, not merely happy circumstances. Joseph's later words become the lens: "You...

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