Look at a breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

After his amazing victory on Mount Carmel against the prophets of Bail, Elijah fell into deep depression.

Not only had he seen God work in a miraculous way, he had proven before all of Israel who really was the one true God. And yet, he immediately

questioned whether God could protect him from Jezebel and falsely believed he was the only true prophet

left in the land. Here's what he said, quote, I've been very jealous for the Lord, the God of

hosts, for the people of Israel, have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, killed your

prophets with the sword, and I, even I only am left, and they seek my life to take it away,

end quote. Well, there's much to learn in this story, both about the vulnerabilities of humans and

the kindness of God. For example, I absolutely love that the author of First Kings includes the

detail, that God sent an angel to

Elijah first just to help him sleep and cook him food. Also, by informing Elijah, that there were

7,000 people in Israel who had not bowed a knee to bail. God reminded him that he was still very

much at work in the world, and that God primarily works through

his people. And God has his people everywhere. Today, too. Often he uses unlikely candidates to be

courageous voices of truth. And the upcoming film Truth Rising tells the stories of five

courageous voices in this civilizational moment. As a young teenager, Chloe Cole was so

completely lost and deceived about who she was, she underwent a double mastectomy attempting

to be male. Well, God worked in her life to reveal what was true about who he is and who she is.

And now, having detransitioned, she advocates for the truth that humans are made in God's image male and female.

She's a powerful voice pushing back against this very real darkness.

The story of Seth Dillon and the Babylon B is basically the story of the last decade.

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