At the end of the 20th century, there is a profound feeling in the West that somehow our civilisation is coming to an end.
It is interesting that this failing society is at the same time the consumer society. What are we to make of the fact that with wealth, production and choice honed to a pinnacle, somehow our society is decaying? What are the connections between these two great distinctive features of our times?
This is no doubt a subject which could properly deserve years of research and close thought. However, as Christians, such a connection should not surprise us at all. It is not the city of man but the city of God which remains. his alone is the eternal kingdom (Daniel 2.44; Mark 1.15).
