The America to Come: An Interview With Rod Martin, Glenn Sunshine, and Doug Wilson.

Is it too late for America?

by Rhett Burns
October 20, 2020

Is it accurate to say that American society has been careening toward a cliff for some time now, and the events of 2020—coronavirus, presidential election, and the social justice riots—have sped it along to the edge? 

That’s the question I posed to a historian, a futurist, and a pastor at the recent Fight Laugh Feast Conference. 

I wanted to get a sense of where we are as a nation and what might come. Is one with a sense of impending doom just being an alarmist? Or might we be heading into a season of hard times, and, if so, how should Christians prepare? And how did we end up here, and does that give us any guidance as we move forward?

To get answers, I sat down with Rod Martin, Glenn Sunshine, and Douglas Wilson. What follows is a synthesis of their answers and my interaction with them and the above questions. 

Toward the Cliff?

So, is our society speeding toward a cliff? Are we on the precipice of a dramatically different social order? The quick answer is y…