The world has a gravity to it right now—a pull toward the noise, the chaos, the outrage cycle, the political tension—and most of us have felt ourselves getting drawn in deeper into human affairs. Well, this is not a new issue for us. Jesus says something similar to his disciples in Mark 8:33.

As we turn the page toward chapter 3, it’s important to note what we won’t discover. We’re not going to discover the origin of evil, address the transmission of sin from generation to generation, or describe any particular event that corrupted humanity.