Our Golden Age
In the United States and much of the Western world, we live in a Golden Age unequalled by any other society in any other time or place. It is not perfect, but we have enjoyed stable institutions, rule of law, human rights and egalitarian ideals, freedom of religion and conscience, economic freedom and opportunity, education, science, technological power and comforts, the arts, and overall prosperity including a thriving middle class - all of this at a level unimaginable in any society other than our post-Enlightenment West. As with all golden ages, ours is temporary. We can already see the cracks in the foundation, but lets enjoy this period that God gave us and not take it for granted. Remember that this time is unique and miraculous and that we are privileged to be a part of it. It did not have to be this way. In my view, our Golden Age is a result of the alignment of Christian values with Enlightenment rationality. Others, like John Mark Reynolds, have referred to "Athens and J