What Macbeth and Romans Have in Common
One thing that generally comes into question when reading Shakespeare or Romans (both of which I've been doing recently) is whether or not we as humans really have choices. The other side of that coin is often presented as the idea that we have no free will of our own at all—that fate entirely dictates our lives. Shakespeare had a familiarity with the Bible that reveals itself in many aspects of his plays but probably never as strongly as this resounding question his characters struggle with and his readers are left to answer for themselves. So, as Christians, what really is the answer? Do we serve a benevolent God who gives us free will and aids us, or do we serve a God who places only the path before us that He’s already chosen? Notice, I didn’t say dictator for the second option because God is not a dictator, regardless of whether we believe we have free will or not! Does He work in the lives of His children establishing boundaries evil cannot cross? Certainly! Is