 Moeller continued, "...Christians understand we have nowhere to go but to the doctrine of providence. It's essential to our Christian understanding of the world. Indeed, God's providence extends to every single moment of human history, not just the seemingly exceptional ones. The world is never outside of his control, even when the outcome is not as we had hoped. Put differently, the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 was an act of God's providence, but it was so for both the British and for the Spanish."