Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court to strike down laws passed in the state of Texas that would affect abortions in that state and the health of the women involved is yet another reminder of the cultural collapse that has happened in America.

Dartmouth Professor, Jeffrey Hart, said in a speech reported by the Wall Street Journal several years ago:

“A great many things happened all of a sudden in this country in the very recent past.  Without going through the right or wrong of every case I list them objectively.

Within living memory, abortion was a felony in virtually every state in the nation. Today, abortion is commonplace in America.  Demands that it be federally funded are alleged to be rooted in the Constitution.

Within living memory, hardcore pornography was largely kept out of sight, usually by rough agreement between sellers and authorities.  Now the hardcore stuff is available on your computer screen and even your smart phone.

Within living memory, school children recited the Pledge of Allegiance every morning and in many schools simple prayers.  At Christmas time, they sang Christmas carols.  Suddenly, all of this is taboo.

Within living memory, homosexualality was for the most part discrete.  Now, we find demands of public legitimization of their lifestyle, staged parades and demands of representation on governing bodies as a legitimate minority.

Is there any question that a revolution has in fact been imposed upon an unsuspecting nation?”

That above quote is from the 90’s…I cannot help but wonder if the “revolution” that he mentions has in fact been mostly completed.

We all know that today if you stand for Biblical values and you do not tow the politically correct line, that you will be seen as a racist, homophobic or (gasp!) the worst of all: intolerant.

Over the next few blog posts we will be looking at 1 Kings 18 and the story of Elijah who confronted a corrupt culture that truly wasn’t that much different than today’s.  We are going to learn how we are to respond to a corrupt culture and how God responds to us when we do!