If God is really good and merciful, then why did he command Joshua to kill every man, woman, and child in Jericho? Wouldn’t we call that genocide today? How can God be fair and just if he preordains our eternal destiny, if most people have no choice but to face eternal damnation? When we say that God is sovereign, that no good or evil is done outside of his will, does that mean that he presides over every rape of a child? If we are born depraved and we have no control over our sin nature, why does God punish us for it? If all truth is God’s truth, then why are we so afraid to confront the
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