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Continue to pray for, for God's will in the midst of the Russian Ukrainian conflict. If you missed yesterday's broadcast. I really encourage you to check it out.

We had a guess the first half-hour with some incredible insights comes world history and what is currently happening now is the dimension we didn't really talk about, which is that in any way sees himself, according to many reports and quotes that I've seen this kind of the guardian of the Russian Orthodox Church for the Eastern Orthodox Church. More broadly, but specifically Russian and that Ukraine is is a key part of that equation, and this is part of a spiritual supremacy in the rebuilding of Christendom. Remember, there are certain conservative moral values that Russia has more store than America, but it's not so much of the consensus of the people but but will the will of the government. So in any case, continue to pray Ukrainian's fighting back on looking at a report now. Furious, prudent, prepares to use father of all bombs as defined Ukrainian's hold up his advance of a question I thought I posted on Twitter early on culture phones momentarily. It's just exceptional circumstances with the war right now between Russia and Ukraine, but I just speculated. I wondered Ukrainians are willing to shed their blood to defend their country or Russians willing to shed their blood to take the country. The sum of say what you and the Russian army to have a choice.

Yes, but that there is a will of the people human body bags with with killed Russians were being sent back in Russia's occupation of Afghanistan a few decades back that did not sit well, ultimately, is there a will from the Russian people to sacrifice it if if sanctions to take effect. Normal Russian casualties. What happens than just a? Question rescue 866-34-TRUTH. We start with Jim in Tahoe, Nevada, which are questions or are you are all I have been Roy or Greg Walker in order to covered about what's been going on there currently there are greater American farming, Cooper chemical concurrent media. Well I quicken your character are likely character artwork really going on your your care bear liner.

He wanted to re-create their partner. All I think what's really happening. I would talk about what going on in Russia. The reemergence of the cauldron may yield different cream empire with the Russian Orthodox hurt that the culture and in the struggle And I traveled to Russia and I starting issue for many many years of great I don't think that the your you guess yesterday. Have a many conservative Cold War mind for anything you just just checking you can fairly present your views and have a difference. But please don't mischaracterize him. He has anything been Cold War mindset and and really you don't you don't know him beyond the interview, but it if if I would want someone for an in-depth perspective on what's happening in Europe and the world with spiritual balance and without the political baggage he be one of the first people I look to submit Medicaid for fear into yet. But let me just mention one thing and that then I will go back to. I mentioned this very thing about that the Russian church right in your your referencing that as well. I saw a headline on Drudge and it was saying is this a spiritual war, and I read a lengthy article yesterday saying that this is a spiritual thing for prudent and he sees himself as the protector of Christendom approved after more than land he wants religious soul of Ukraine which ties in with what you're saying you feel that aspect is being underreported and and misunderstood as if it was credited we gather reconstitutes of usage is my question for you. From what I read one of his speeches. He basically said the collapse of the Soviet Union was like the saddest day in history something to that effect and I did say my guest and bring up.

I did so. There are many who believe is a megalomaniac and wants to re-create the Soviet Union see you differ so just flesh out your perspective a bit more okay I don't get there, and are not returning our current order ultimately worn Western audio we have to Drudge, Russian leaders, not about what altered and what do you remember Soviet Union on the part of the part of the Russian people view the Russian ethnographic work Soviet Union broke apart. There were ethnic Russians not living in a different country and that's what bothered to come up yesterday that this dollar is in his redistribution of population data but rather re-create okay.

We are currently market very kindly rhetoric union and the lack of mock rights detailing your suggestion, I suggest because again today is dated to: with with question someone be ferreted to others, but here's what I suggest. Go back and listen to the interview again. He pointed out areas where he felt America's not kept his word. He said that there's the one sub wants to spread democracy on the Russian side it wants to be protected on its on its borders and have buffer states and that there is a perceived conflict there.

I then asked about extending the Soviet Union.

That was not a major point brought up on my guest. He was like to send her different perspectives. We need to understand these different perspectives it. In any case, I am not a qualified expert on this and I've made it very very clear which have brought on others so what I'd encourage listeners and viewers to do is check out the spiritual side of things, and to what degree prudent sees himself as some type of Savior of of Russian Orthodox Church or Christendom. But in any case, Jim. If this was yesterday and we had time to bring on. I would've had to have dialogue guest is today's the day. Just ask questions try to be fair to the calls, but did want to give your hearing so thank you sir for calling and I appreciate it.

86634. Let's go over to Scott to Adam in Canada. Let's go to Mary and waiting New Jersey. You are now on the modifier. Thanks for calling hi Dr. Brown I hope you have not, Cannot cut just as you could question that one did you call in last. I called it a couple of days ago.

Okay, got it all right so Chris if you could just give a note to our call screener to please be more careful in checking we have a rule where you can: within a few weeks to make things fair so the soy I hate to do this. It seems cruel, but we gotta stick with our policies so feel free to call back in a few weeks is not your fault you didn't know the rule you called in and the call screener miss that so my apologies but we gotta be fair to others that make every effort to get through all right. Let's go over to David and Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Welcome to the line of fire. Thanks for calling a doctor round up God bless you want to call respect your opinion and you been a great help to me in my walking question that I'm so now you have I rehab my position on that, but I wanted it that years that when it comes to deliver and fend for Christendom in the spiritual what might differ from old topic were talking about her just before but there is no set topic you are okay okay cool what their with I can't because I know like the word demonize you know sometimes I need to associate the breast and possessed by mouth.

Sometimes in the English we use a different term.

So how would you eat, you believe that Christians can, if they open up the door. Whatever and urging our different doors in our life they can allow known, they can end up being demonized as a born-again Christian and need deliverance what your opinion if by demonized, we mean, under satanic power and influence to the point of struggling with it. Redefining southbound in certain areas of life. Yes, a Christian can be demonized. If that's what's meant by if what we mean by his demons are dwelling side-by-side with the Holy Spirit and demons have possessed that individual no longer has free will. As a believer.

No, I don't believe that. So some of it is terminology.

You know the old line's Christians can be all pressed but not possessed and what's the difference between that certainly we see unbelievers who are demonized or have unclean spirits or who or demon possessed again depending on how one would translate demonized in Greek and another thing suggested to have an unclean spirit. Certainly it happens with with nonbelievers. You know the man in the tombs with demons within them saying their name was Legion on the other hand, you have St. Luke's 13 were woman who is called by Jesus, the daughter of Abraham was bound by his spirit. So Jesus characterizes her as a daughter of Abraham. She's been bound by a spirit and that's is Satan's bounder for 18 years and end when he lays his hands on her.

She's healed. So there was there was demonic power operating in the body of a woman whom the Lord identifies as a daughter of Abraham and he had to set her free soul for short.

Believers can come under demonic power and demonic oppression and summonses will is a demon in them on them to say that there where they don't belong. Get out if I was ministering to that person and we saw a come try to be free, but you open the door to porn open the door to gambling open the door. This adulterous relationship and obstruct them try to repent. But I'm struggling I'm now the tormented nights like okay it's really cry out with renounces together.

Let's break any demonic power in whatever whatever is there that shouldn't be there. Get out leave so do I believe that a Christian can be quote demon possessed note. Do I believe demons can dwell side-by-side with the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer know do I believe the demons can take full control over the life of the believer know can Christians come under demonic power heavy pressure demonized absolute height will be right that the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get on the line of fire by calling 866342 here again is Dr. Michael Brown thanks for joining us to remember to visit vitamin mission.com when you there. Be sure to use the Dr. Brown code when you do get a 10% discount on these wonderful health supplements for more partner, Mark Spengler, and in turn he turns around and gives a donation to our ministry to help us reach more people get on more radio stations and hopefully bless and help many more. 866342 let us go over to Britt and Estonia. Hey thank you for calling the line of fire woke up around mid May I ask you is as someone very close to what is happening right now in in in Europe and Russia is, is there a perception from the people of Estonia as a whole, the government, the media, or are they the beasts feel the same way about this conflict, or is it a lot of mixed opinion you repealed the family and it's very like in confines of the moment, so monopolies also by gastrectomy strengthening the borders here now spending more military and supplies and stuff. Living next Russia next direct for a long time because you been only independent coming up the Soviet Union collapse only for 30 years so we know how easy it deducted freedom you haven't ended really really like difficult for us right up the next page will actually show how it can be from now on because nobody has actually made the steps that nobody actually believed that the mood to so really real and we spent moment, many are praying and of course many are pushing our government to do more obviously is NATO state that the situation in Ukraine, which is many ways feels like it's been left to itself. What's the perception there and Estonia as to what is motivating gluten actually don't like mixed opinions about the doctor.

The main reason why you will be thinking that he still give you the hardcourt light hard-core companies from from you sold I mean, he's always been like pros Soviet Union meant that you regret Soviet Union collapsed at old so the ambition might be that you really want to achieve something during his lifetime, so like to reestablish some of the dollar area. Maybe because you sort of thinks of himself as a thought sort of unites that symbolic social and private mansions and so on and so yeah this might be the biggest like reason what we think only the Lord you with all of you and in the midst of this and give you comfort and assurance of thanks. Thanks for calling.

I hope you don't mind me asking these questions, but my son Estonia's I had to this moment for preeminent yes alright so overdone for your question. Your migration actually bows through the runabout. Are you familiar with gender's book on the cover.

Yes, you drink yes you like. My question is in this book he seems to make a case that the one should submit the leaders according to the Hebrews 1317.

Even if the leader is broken/even abusive more robust offer on the reader like the greater is your reward your life, your task is to submit like anyway so and I have read your book. Also like playing with the holy fire which was super great book. There is a chapter also about the abusive leadership yes and I want to hear your thoughts about it like if you're familiar but to spend what what do you think about beset teaching them how far can it go like this being on the cover run features also here that you what. If you're on the cover. That's the only way you are perfect you know from defects of the devil, and so on.

So you better submit otherwise, you know, you open yourself up to, you know like demonic deductions on the exactly. So John W has some terrific teaching is very strong on the fear of the Lord and and holiness in a bitterness can be the date of Satan and things like that so I I deeply respect us so much of his teaching and what he is laid out. He brought some challenges about prophetic ministry. Many, many years ago we interacted about those we are the receipts other but but I do appreciate a lot of his message of un-undercover when that came out there were concerns that I had in terms of abusive leadership and in my book revolution in the church challenging the religious system with a call for radical change. I do talk about Protestant popes. I do talk about abuse of authority, but I have a chapter dealing with rebellion. First is read this first and then read the others so the broad picture and then respond specifically. II will as you're talking. I was searching for a book by Frank Viola which does not seem to be in print now, so if if if I can find the title. Remember it all share it with you, but he wrote a book with the exact opposite perspective about being being under church leadership or pastor. He's very much house group guy and said listen, the letters like first Corinthians 2nd Corinthians that most of the New Testament was written directly to the believers right even Hebrews is written to believers told to submit to Lisa supposed to just came through the leaders and we used to tell her students consists this goes back I'm remembering is 20 years ago that we would tell them read John Revere's book undercover and then read Frank Viola's book, and we think the truth is kind of in between those two. So I have a grave concern about abusive leadership. I've grave concern is charismatic about Christians being towable on the anointed leader of the holy spirits on the you don't dare challenge me or the abuse of Psalm 10 515 touch not mine anointed as if we can apply that to leaders today don't you dare speak a word against with the anointed pastor says or I'm a prophet. I can tell you what to do its abusive that's dangerous if anyone leads like that you need to be out from the church and out from that ministry. On the other hand, there is a real problem with independence, rebellion, lack of submission to authority them and we should look for opportunities to submit.

In other words, we should look for of, bought a body of believers is healthy that we can be part of that we can receive that we can give and that we can submit ourselves to leaders now there is submission in terms of what the leaders are called to do. They are called to guard against false doctrine. They are called to ground you and in sound doctrine. They are, they are called to protect you from wolves and things like that but they don't have the right to tell you, you can marry this woman not marry that when they give you counsel then have the right to tell you that elicits an absolute scriptural violation that I have the right to tell you where you can't leave this church and go somewhere else or you can't move your for your job. We don't approve the they don't have that authority.

So we are to submit to leaders as far as they have authority and then ultimately if we differ with all respect to them. Not bad mouthing them not mocking them and slandering them, but with all respect to them. We need to say we have to obey God in our conscience now let me go one step further. I have been in situations where it is not life critical. It is not a matter of conviction or Scripture. It's a matter of strong preference and a leader has said okay this is what we do.

Mike part of the leadership team and here's the decision. This will give you many years ago. I disagree with it. I don't like it. I have a strong opinion against it, but I can't say that it violates my conscience or the filing Scripture so that's what the leader set on part of the team.

I'll go along with it fine you wants to do it like this, I'll do it like that and I'll do my best to honor you and make it work, and God will protect me and that that's right. I agree with John but if you're gonna protect you in that sense, it knows it just like if if you been wrong and you just don't say anything because you want to bring reproach to the gospel. Don't start a public fight or go to court to just take it. God will bless you one way or another. This world the world to come at. So in that sense it's just like a kid 72 a parent and the kid submission to a parent is much deeper than a congregant submission to their pastor right in of the parents have authority over kids that are that's much more far-reaching, but look the parents don't make the best decision but you have to submit to because they're the parents. All right, gonna trust God so that is true. When we honor authority and and take the low route. Take the humble route. Gonna bless us for that. But spiritual leaders do not have authority to rule over your life would dictate your personal relations again unless it's in clear violation of Scripture and no one can say you can't question your you can't question what I say because I'm anointed by the Lord.

That's abusive and dangerous, and I know it happens in all circles.

I think it may have been even more in charismatic circles because of her emphasis on the anointing of the man or woman of God are hearing the voice of God or prophecy and and it can be more dangerous they are.

So with all respect to John Revere.

I do think that that there is a a middle ground between rebellion and between everything presented in an undercover argument much to go talk to while great great to talk with you sir if you ever able to get a copy of revolution the church if you live locally and send it to you but I think you'll find that helpful in this regard as well. Again, may the Lord be with you and your country and make his will be done right now in the midst of a conflict. It's getting bloodier and more dangerous. By the moment, 866-34-TRUTH. We have less than a minute before the next break so were going next. Let's get ready to chair a Kia Marielle Brian Nathan all work on around the country around the world. You folks are up next so stay right there reminder Tuesday is the first day of what well silencing of the lambs. So if you preordered the book or copies are supposed be in today will be signed and getting them right out to you but if you preordered an audiobook or an e-book should be delivered to you on Tuesday, March 1 and now that her friends from skillet take us out. You will be right back to the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get on the line of fire by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown yesterday 90.

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It is a lot of fire broadcast. You will not want to miss if you miss it you don't want to go online and watch it afterwards to the podcast what's on Facebook or YouTube is an eye-opening, very candid, very painful interview with a male sees me a female to male transgender. I know her is Kelly, the world knows her as Scott shouting from the top of her lungs do not mess with kids and transition them. Do not put them on puberty box do not want to get surgery on this is someone who is been through hell as racehorse thus Christian, not as a believer, we would have joke before had no profanity on the show right it's an issue you don't want to miss and I am so so grateful to Kelly for being willing to come on it in very different territory that should normally be means the world to me that she did this and I want to honor her and get this message out. If this is critical. I was hundred million people could could watch it and listen to it okay with that. We go to the phones. Let's go over to a jury. Kia in Harker Heights, Texas. Welcome to the line of fire. Hello Michael Brown, shalom is good to hear you about you while you left my mother, talking about the right, but my question in particular, listening to Orthodox and I mean Eastern orthodoxy. I love you familiar with the guy Jay Dyer but I get a lot of objections against Protestantism and I'll just really can understand their perspective and I want to hear your stance on it like they think that the Protestant churches is a heresy because they have abandoned the original historic church and they'll go by the tradition is not like that. So like, what will won't be overlap on how you were refuted. What I would say well let's test everything by Scripture that we both agree on is inspired by God and let's let's testify based on what we agree on is the Bible. So the old and new Testaments outside of the apocryphal books.

Let's first test that, let's first examine everything based on that. So the Greek Orthodox Church claims to be your Eastern Orthodox. The original church and claims of the original Jewish roots, Roman Catholic Church claims to be the original church and Protestants would say actually, we would go back to the beginning because were were following Scripture only, and testing the. The church fathers and others by Scripture and and then messianic Jews, but several really if you want to go all the way back to the apostles and their disciples then getting the messianic Jewish perspective is obviously each different group claims authenticity, but we would all agree on this, that if one of our foundational traditions or doctrines is an explicit contradiction of Scripture that we have to reject that tradition. And if that tradition is supposedly part of a an unbroken chain of truth, or inspired tradition, then we have to question the whole system so I am by no means expert and Greek orthodoxy and I don't believe, for example, when Hank had a graph converted to Greek orthodoxy that he therefore apostatized is no longer saved.

Although I fully understand why stations took him off as the Bible answer man because it would it would be like an evangelical Christian being on Greek Orthodox stations as the tradition answer man. You know it it it was was on an appropriate fit of others were convinced that that he was now hell bound and had renounced the faith I find some of the Eastern Orthodox writings to be beautiful. I find there to be different spiritual insight coming from a different perspective which I appreciate.

Nonetheless, under no circumstances would I accept it as being the authentic original church know what I accept the authority of its traditions and of course went when it crossed swords with Roman Catholicism in terms of claims of originality and end where the real authority lies even if they they work together more ecumenically today.

If you dig down deep enough they check claims authenticity cycle.

How do I decipher this I go back to the Bible and I examine each system examine Roman Catholicism in teaching on the pulp and teaching on the mass in teaching on purgatory and teaching other subjects. I examine that based on Scripture and the same with Greek orthodoxy. So what I would say is okay.

Do we agree on XYZ yes would you say that these the fundamentals by which someone is saved if they say no to use it as an evangelical Protestant venue. It's okay. Then what must I do to be saved.

Why do you consider me a heretic and then they lay it out. Then you testify Scripture. What are the distinctives of Eastern orthodoxy by which Protestants would be branded heretical. Okay, let's examine those claims and then tested by Scripture that is is I have to do it okay yeah I'm really your input on that credibility, real fat occupied and I heard that responded basically said that you know you don't have the date to get all the day to get out of the a lot of great script. All you have to prove it like that we were. The conversation goes, arguing what we have right right you have you have differences between the church fathers is that as the centuries go on yet differences between the Greek fathers and the Latin fathers you have things added that are explicitly not in the Bible that are then added by the fathers. So you say but how do we sort this out.

So once again is just like with with rabbinic Judaism. The claim is made that there is a written Bible cannot be understood in and of itself.

In particular, the Torah and Torah laws cannot be understood in and of themselves, therefore God gave Moses an oral law which was then passed on through the generations. So an ultra-Orthodox Jew believes that he is keeping the traditions that were passed on to his father and his father's father all the way back to Moses. So when I sit there with my Bible and quoted cycle you tell us. We have an authoritative chain of tradition so that my response okay if if I can show your chain of tradition blatantly contradicts Scripture that I have to reject your claim of an inspired, authoritative oral tradition going back to most sobbing deal with this for 50 years.

My Jewish community and it, there is a parallel exact parallel but with Greek Orthodox Roman Catholicism, which claims inspired traditions so you say boy I felt a boyfriend is Roman Catholic and he just gave me the same argument that you're giving me except in favor Roman Catholicism know Evan, so how do I sort this out and and it can't be a historical battle is addicted. The deeper you dig, you find for the contradictions has to be okay even if we don't agree on.

So the script Torah. We do agree that the Bible is God's word and that if God says is true. In the tradition says a is false or if the Bible says a and B are not true in the tradition says will a and B are true, then you have to reject the tradition sought look think the question is not to an argument instead of fruitful interaction and if they won't grant you the authority of Scripture.

The supremacy of Scripture or test everything by Scripture. Then you just politely on the conversation that simple. Thank you.

I really griped your real and again just okay.

Tell me why.

According to I'm not a Christian I am a heretic based on what based on what and I'm I the question that there many Greek Orthodox were not believers. They follow tradition, but they don't know the Lord at all, 86634 let us go over to Mary Jo in the UK. Welcome to the line of fire agreement about technical Betty record surely beat Erica good. Wanted well