Forty-six years ago J.I. Packer wrote, ‘If you want to see proof of the wrath of God just look at the world around you.’ Packer’s point was subtle: He wasn’t saying the world we see around us is a punishment caused by God’s wrath; he was saying when people ignore God, God lets them build the world they want and that world punishes them.

Look around us today – we’ve built a political world with a swamp, fake news, and where it’s unusual to hear the truth. Isn’t that punishment?