i have been using narration in children’s church for the last 4 years. i’m sure this article and ur webinar will prove to be helpful in training by team on the art of narration.

Of course the West is flawed. Isn’t it also the case that any direction you pick is also flawed? But the study of the West, which absolutely should address its flaws, is also the civilization that did so much to preserve the cultural artifacts of the ancient world. Many central ideas of the West – freedom, emancipation, democracy, human rights, etc. – are to be celebrated. So you can’t have it all one way. Becoming overly fixated on flaws will only lead to a hopeless enterprise. Similarly, I don’t know that anyone would suggest that Western Civ should be studied to the exclusion of other cultures. But if one has grown up in Europe or America, then of course one ought to study it with both appreciation as well as critical examination.

Today, the “West” is equated with Europe, although Western civilization dates back all the way to the ancient world of the Middle East.

“Why should Western Civilization be studied in the 21st century?”

Western Civilization is flawed and needs to be understood with its flaws, uniqueness, and all of the meaningful stories and history that it provided for us to use in the future, as well as understanding the flaws, so we don’t rehash the flaws of the past in the future.

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I accept that there are at times future predictions. However, this is only one aspect of biblical prophecy, and not the sole definition of it. I like your use of the word “timeless.” And this is actually supported by the Amos 3:7 passage you quote. The phrase “future event” is not a very good translation here. Most use the phrase “the secret counsel” as to what the prophet receives from the Lord. While there are future predictions in prophecy, if you look through the vast majority of what the prophets wrote, you see that most of it is dealing with matters pertinent to the historical time they were living in (messages to rulers, woes against surrounding nations, etc.). The importance of this distinction is that prophecy is only at times about future prediction, which means that the core of what biblical prophecy was pertained to listening clearly to God’s voice.