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.

Isaiah 52-7 is one of the most inspiring verses in all of Holy Scripture.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace,

who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation,

who says to Zion, your God reigns.

While in recent day, two people passed away, each of whom, in their own unique ways,

had beautiful feet.

Phil Robertson shot to celebrity status through the unlikely medium of reality television.

Duck Dynasty showcased the beards and the crazy Louisiana lives

of the Robertson family and their multi-million dollar duck call empire. America found the

family's innocent quirkiness delightful, and unlike other TV families, found their stability

reassuring. Mom, dad, uncle, sons, in-laws, and grandkids, they all seem to genuinely

care for each other. They didn't flaunt their wealth. They didn't abandon the values that

preceded their wealth. Instead, the Robertsons prayed together, played together, ate dinner together,

and went to church together. Now, I have no personal knowledge whatsoever of Phil Robertson's feet,

but it's likely they were, shall we say,

well curated by the woods and the swamps that he spent his life walking. However, if Isaiah is

indeed correct, his feet were beautiful. Though his early years of addiction and adultery are well-documented,

Robertson's life was transformed by Jesus Christ at age 28, and there was rarely a moment afterward that he

wasn't sharing the good news with someone, whether friends and neighbors, American presidents,

his TV audience, or huge crowds. Another person who had beautiful feet was Peggy Powell.

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