Everyone says it. Politicians, activists, corporations, and even churches. We’re told to stay on “the right side of history,” but we rarely stop to ask: Why does history have a side at all?

In this episode of the Theology Made Podcast, we deconstruct one of the most popular secular phrases of our time. Most people assume history is an arrow moving toward progress, but for most of human history, no one believed that. From the cyclical time of ancient Greek philosophy and Hindu yugas to the narratives of decline in Rome, the ancient world saw history as a wheel to be endured, not a story to be won.

The “Right Side of History” only makes sense if the Bible is true. We explore how the Judeo-Christian worldview introduced linear time, moving from Creation to a final Judgment. Without a “Moral Accountant,” the “right side” is just whoever is loudest or strongest. With the Bible, the “right side” is a matter of ultimate justice.

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