Singlemindedness

". . . . How long halt ye between two opinions?" ". . . . How long halt ye between two opinions?" I Kings 18:21b Elijah's time is dark. Historical Israel was under the dominion of the prince of darkness. Its king was spiritually an adulterer: the wicked Ahab. Its queen: the heathen princess Jezebel. The people: "walked in vanities." Its spiritual leaders: 450 Baal priests, while Elijah fled to the deserts and the God-fearing Obadiah hid God's prophets in companies of fifty. From the...