This episode is brought to you by Lux Coffee,

caffeinating the new Christendom with artisan roast coffee. In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

In it, the court reaffirmed the constitutional right, so called, to abortion from Roe v. Wade.

In the written decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy famously summarized the essence of late 20th century liberalism.

He wrote, at the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.

In case you didn't notice, this is how you devolve from a Christian nation

to transgender story time at the local library, gay pride parades,

and widespread societal degeneracy in just a few generations.

This is the apotheosis of atomized, democratized, and morally bankrupt man.

Or as the author of the book of judges put it, every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Since 1992, America has slid an even farther into a secular liberal wasteland.

Religion has been banished from the political sphere because, you know, separation of church and state.

But what that really meant is that while Christianity was banned from politics, other false worship was not.

In fact, it was promoted, like the LGBTQ cult, Diwali, Hanukkah, Ramadan, and more.

Sadly, this is a far cry from what our Christian forefathers thought about the

relationship between religion and politics. As James Baird recently pointed out in his new book,

King of Kings, the reformers held that government must promote Christianity as the only true religion.

Since a pious people is necessary for a good society, the promotion of such piety is

paramount for civil magistrates. Even Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story argued in the 1860s

that the First Amendment was never intended to separate religion from politics, nor to create a

secular nation in which religious pluralism advanced. He wrote,

the real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less to advance

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