The Spiritual Battle Between Communism and Capitalism

Elijah kneels before the altar that he has doused with water. Morphart Creation/Shutterstock

Commentary

In the Biblical book of First Kings, Yahweh’s prophet Elijah challenged 450 pagans to a spiritual showdown on Mount Carmel in northern Israel. The stakes were high: whom would the Jewish people worship, Yahweh or Baal? Since the victors wrote the book, you can probably guess who won.