The other day when I wrote the article “Many Christians think the world is getting worse. Are they right?” I wrote a companion article which approaches the same topic from another angle. You can read that article at the blog Unfundamentalist Christians by following the link below: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unfundamentalistchristians/2016/05/dear-christian-the-world-isnt-getting-worse-in-fact-its-probably-getting-better/
premillennialism
Why do conservative Christians think everything is getting worse?
The answer is simple: eschatology. Eschatology is the doctrine of last things, and most Christian conservatives these days continue to be premillennial in their eschatology. Premillennialism is often described as a pessimistic eschatology, one that expects conditions to get progressively worse until Jesus comes back and establishes his millennial kingdom. (In contrast, postmillennialism is often described […]
