Descending Into Evil--Can America Learn from Israel?

Episode Summary: As our study of Elijah approaches the confrontation between two kingdoms on Mount Carmel the worshippers of BAAL versus the worshippers of Yahweh, it is worth first asking the question: How did God's covenant people descend into the evil of Baal worship in 80 years, just two generations? How did the nation of godly King David, who established Jerusalem as the capital city and brought Yahweh’s Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem to reside there, descend to such depths? How did the people who joined in Solomon’s whole-hearted dedication of the temple welcoming Solomon’s challenge, “Yahweh is God; there is no other. Let your heart, therefore, be wholly true to Yahweh our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day,” turn to the evil false God’s Baal and Ashtoreth? This episode examines the answer, which gives us a sobering lens through which to see a parallel descent of America 

For Further Prayerful Thought.

1. What struck you about the role that Israel’s kings played in leading them down the destructive path of idolatry? Since “the people” are the rulers of a democracy, what is the implication for us as citizens?
2. What have you learned about being close enough to the lost to have influence yet not “assimilating” into our lost fallen culture?
3. What pro-same-sex arguments have you heard coming from church going people who claim to believe the Bible? Which arguments in this episode stood out to you. What have you learned about how to refute them?

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