We need to confess and truly believe that all authority on earth has been given to Jesus and that he exercises that authority by means of the gospel and the Holy Spirit. But not only must we believe this, as if there is no evidence for it, but we must come to see that authority at work century after century in the history of the western world. Furthermore we must see the results of that authority in the concrete structures of human culture in the countries where the gospel has had most effect. Real history, real success, real shaping of civilization by the truth of the gospel of the Lord Jesus. Time is moving onward under the decisive power of truth, justice, love, and peace.