Welcome to 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 an amazing victory on Mount Carmel against the prophets of bail, Elijah fell into a deep depression.

Not only had he seen God work in a miraculous way, he'd proven before Israel who was the one true God.

And yet almost immediately, Elijah questioned whether God could protect him from Jezebel and falsely believed he was the only faithful believer left in the nation. Here's what he said. 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. Now, there's a lot to learn from this story, both about

the vulnerabilities of humans and the kindness of God. For example, I love that the author

of First Kings includes the detail that God sent an angel to Elijah to help him, and that meant

help him sleep and cook him food. Also,

by informing Elijah of the 7,000 people in Israel who had not bowed Anita Bail, God was reminding

Elijah that he was still very much at work in the world, and that he primarily works in the world

through people. God has his people everywhere. Often he uses unlikely candidates to be courageous voices of truth.

The new film Truth Rising tells the story of five courageous voices in this civilizational moment.

For example, 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. But God worked in her life

to reveal what was true about who she is. And now, having detransition, she's a powerful

advocate for the truth that humans are made in God's image, male and female. She's a powerful

force, pushing back against darkness. The story of Seth Dillon and the Babylon B is the story

of the last decade. First,

the popular and funny satirical site was canceled from one of their most powerful channels of

influence for saying something that was true. Committed, as Alexander Soltan, it's input it,

to live not by lies, Dylan refused to take a shortcut around the truth. But God was at work,

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