Growing up in Pasadena, and having numerous ties to Fuller Seminary, I was familiar with the name Ralph Winter. Dr. Winter recently passed away at the age of 84 in California. Once listed as one of America's most influential evangelicals, Winter was a huge force in the area of world missions.
What I never realized, however, was that Winter was working late in his life to raise awareness of what he called "intelligent evil." I suspect every Christian has thought about the origin of diseases, or things like parasites and viruses. I have, especially when I get sick!
What role does God's sovereignty play in relation to sicknesses? Does God allow micro-evolution a role in causing things like the H1N1 virus ( aka swine flu ) to develop? Or, is there an evil intelligence at work? Could working from a presumption of intelligent causation ... rather than chance ... make a difference in eradicating diseases faster?
Have a look at this interesting CT article on Winter's proposition.