Phillips has been a headline name for years, principally with his Supreme Court victory in 2018 when a 7-2 majority of the high court found he and his Masterpiece Cakeshop had been treated with unconstitutional hostility by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

The commission had found that Phillips had violated the civil rights of a same-sex couple who wanted him to bake a cake to celebrate their "wedding." Phillips had refused on the grounds that his Christian beliefs would not allow him to promote gay marriage.

However, his Supreme Court victory wasn't the end of his legal fight. A transgender attorney deliberately sought out Phillips to commission him to bake a cake to celebrate the attorney's supposed "transition" from a man to a woman.

Phillips declined, sparking another court battle. On Oct. 8, the Colorado Supreme Court dismissed the attorney's case against Phillips on procedural grounds, CBS News reported.

It was not the kind of sweeping victory Phillips deserved. And it might not even be the end of the endless litigation. An attorney for the plaintiff said his side is considering different legal options, according to The Denver Post.

But it was an undeniable setback for Phillips's adversary.

And for Phillips, emerging victorious again has reaffirmed his faith.

"One of the most important things to come out of this is that it's made my faith much stronger and drawn our family closer together and built all of our relationships with Jesus Christ," he told Fox Digital in an article published Thursday.

"It's also taught me that God provides everything we need through these last days of not creating the wedding cakes and the income that's involved in that. But He's also given us many other opportunities."

At a time when the beliefs of Christians are openly targeted by Democrats at all levels of government — including a federal government overseen by an ostensibly "devout Catholic" president — Smith's refusal to surrender in the face of an unceasing onslaught should be an inspiration to every American, regardless of religious affiliation.

Phillips is proving that one individual taking a stand can make all the difference in the world.

The Founders intended the United States to be a country that guaranteed religious freedom. Phillips's long-running battles over wedding cakes, or "transition" cakes, are one man's assertion of that fundamental concept.