has God predetermined EVERYTHING?

yes. Isaiah 45:7:

I form light and create darkness,
I make well-being and create calamity,
I am the Lord, who does all these things.

We had a great home group meeting last night and ended up wrestling fairly intensely with this very question. John Piper’s answer posted just today is here

These things have driven people mad. But it won’t drive you mad if you say, “He loves me. And he governed the most wicked thing that ever happened in the world, the crucifixion of my Savior and my God.” If you stay right there and then just work out from there as far as your mind can handle, then you’ll be safe. Your mind will be safe and your heart will be safe, because you’ll be kept humble.

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