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asks, but I'm going to tell you why. When you give us a positive review, what that does is it

triggers the algorithm so that our podcast shows up on more people's news feeds. You and I both know

that this ministry is willing to talk about things that most ministries aren't. We need

this content for the glory of God to reach more people's ears. I'm going to read a brief

synopsis by way of introduction for today's episode. The fourth turning is the final stage of a

reoccurring historical cycle, a theory by historians William Strauss and Neil Howe. It comes every 80 to 100

years after periods of prosperity, awakening, and decline.

The fourth turning is marked by crisis, that is wars, revolutions, or upheavals,

that tear down old institutions and rebuild society for a new order.

Past examples would include the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II.

Many believe that we entered the current fourth turning with the 2008 financial crises.

What you'll notice is there is an 80 year, 80 to 100 year pattern.

We have the War for Independence here in America.

Then we have after that the Civil War.

Then we have after that World War II.

With each of these, you have about an 80-year gap,

and it has been about 80 years since World War II. And we seem to be right on schedule.

We're experiencing upheaval. We're experiencing in the Middle East. There's been wars forever.

I'm aware. America has sadly funded many of those wars for decades, forever wars, but it's

getting uniquely spicy. All right. So this is what we're going to be talking

about. We're going to be giving you guys some of the historical background and why things are actually

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