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This is the story of how the Church built Western Civilization.

I know it’s not obvious to a lot of people, but if you live in a country like Canada (where I live) or the United States, you’ve hit the historical jackpot, at least in terms of material prosperity. In terms of creature comforts, you and I are saturated in luxuries that the aristocracy would have only dreamed of only a few hundred years ago.

But getting to this point in history wasn’t inevitable. It required communities and civilization to reach certain milestones that were too evasive for countless civilizations that otherwise missed out or succumbed to decline and collapse instead.

And I’d argue that were it not for Christianity, the world we enjoy would be a very different place today and not by accident. It required the uniquely Christian contributions to its development to get us here even if they aren’t unique to Christianity today – which is part of the reason we don’t recognize Christianity’s unique contribution – but prior to and outside of Christianity, these developments were largely foreign and elusive.

Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: http://pauljernberg.com

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