Here’s an excellent article by Carl Trueman on the Riots here in the UK. Hat Tip to Gary Benfold.
End of the World? Or Business as Usual? – Reformation21 Blog
Here’s the concluding paragraph:
The UK riots are not some exceptional occurrence; they are just a typical outworking of fallen human nature in a specific context, of a kind that has plenty of precedent and will no doubt happen again. Not the end of civilization so much as business as usual for fallen humanity, I am afraid.