with Israel’s descent, so too with America’s. It began with a complacency toward God, then spiritual confusion, then the merging of God with idols, and then, ultimately, the rejection of His ways. Just as with ancient Israel, America began ruling God out of its life, turning, step by step, against His ways, at first subtly, and then, more and more, brazenly.” “When?” I asked. “When did it start?” “There’s no one simple answer. In America’s greatest moments there was always sin, and in its worst moments,