We Need God!

The following program is recorded content created by the Truth Network three simple words, we need God's time for the light a fire with your host biblical scholar and cultural commentator Dr. Michael Brown your voice for more savvy and spiritual clarity called 866-34-TRUTH to get on the line of fire and now there's your host Dr. Michael Brown, a new week together. Michael Brown absolutely delighted to be with you why you listening, why have you tuned in to this broadcast will why are you here maybe you stumbled on it. You have no idea who I am or what the cells will stick around. We serve as your voice for moral Samish and spiritual clarity what you hear why this broadcast is it just to get the latest news on things is it just you like controversy as I can keep you long term what you hear. Probably because your get built up will get strengthened want to get sharpened. You want to know how to react and respond to the crazy world in which we live in.

That's why we are here is your voice for moral, cultural, and spiritual revolution so today we we want to really try to go for the heart of things really address the core issues really help us get our eyes where they need to be 866-34-TRUTH that some call that you can weigh in on talking about today, but if you have any question of any kind on any subject. A bone to pick with me to get to some calls later in the show. 8663 foray 7884. I also posted a number of questions on twitter a minute share with you the poll results of some questions I've been asking in advance as my new book the political seduction of the church comes out in eight days a week from tomorrow September 6 comes out the political seduction of the church shall millions of Americans have confused politics with the gospel. Okay, those three words we need God is able who doesn't know that we need get what many people don't. Many people believe in him. Many people recognize how desperately we need him, but I think many times even the church, we don't realize how desperately we need God. Let me paint a picture for you about America about the state of the nation so so as to underscore how we need divine intervention, how it is assisted the recent book, it really is revival or we die that that the best political outcomes we could hope for whoever we believe would be the best party to be in power, and the best leaders to be in power, even though that can have a major effect right, who is in power will affect lots of things economy many decisions. Foreign policy, national security, certain key moral educational issues.

There is no doubt planet judges. They get appointed to local courts, national courts, Supreme Court, these are big issues.

No one is downplayed and I'm certainly not downplaying it. But, but, ultimately, at most, the best political outcome is only a Band-Aid on a much deeper deeper problem in America. If we do not have divine intervention in the church revival in the church that within sweep out and become a national waking in society. It's over for America as we know, you see Dr. Brown referred you say that before you hear me say it again because it remains true here.

If were driving down the road right amid a new area not familiar with and I said GPS and that will get a good signal here, but I think this is straight up a little further. Keep driving arose okay were obviously going in the wrong direction. I see signs for cities that are the opposite of where were going in the city were going to. I don't see signs for that yeah you know I think you're right. Okay, until we turn the car around so when Lisa keep saying were going in the wrong direction. So we just_a couple things for you right for many years, Fox News has been looked at as the conservative side of things, CNN, MSNBC, liberals articles that the mainstream networks as well on the liberal left the side with Fox more conservative voices know the Bill O'Reilly's in the past and that the Sean Hannity's today in the Tucker Carlson's today and although not necessarily holding to everything legal description, but that's the that's the conservative voice out there.

The biggest conservative TV news justice think that earlier this year, Fox hires Arnstein Bruce quote Caitlin Jenner as a hero in the LGBT Q plus community and is a great role model for kids.

This is Fox hiring Bruce Jenner now I don't mean that Jenner's most evil person on the planet sure has many good qualities. I will qualities in many ways as a political conservative, but your you just have to grab hold of the moment I realize how far things have shifted and in just a very few years I was reading one apologetics website and in their talk about hey, when you're thinking about getting kids interested in the Bible again. There think about which preferred gender pronouns, use of force, which were on a very different wavelength and don't realize the world that many of them live in.

A few years ago there was a song just with three letters for its initials W a P and when I tried to write about it because it became a national even international number one song I can figure out how to write about is the start what's the music for the arts, crafts, start to listen to the lyrics like those are unbelievably crass and I'm talking about is vulgar and crass base is could be a sexualizing of women as could be annoyed. It listens all of it. I shut the video off but I saw and heard enough. Okay.

This this is something that little kids are singing. This is not just raunchy stuff. There's been a raunchy stuff always. This is extreme launch.

That then becomes number one in America. That's just the state of things just giving examples to make a point okay. Think back to seven years when the Supreme Court outrageously redefines marriage. Think of the shock of that. Think of when the White House was lit up in rainbow colors by Pres. Obama in celebration of this moment and obviously from the gay lesbian perspective. This was a momentous time and at Andrew Sullivan's is a brilliant guy. Homosexual brilliant thinker and certainly tough skin. The many ways he he wept over these things and and it was so meaningful to him as a gay man defines acceptance of Argosy from that perspective, it's so to be celebrated on seven very different perspective or care about the people, but with very different perspective but but think of the outrage of that think this go back a generation and public opinion was completely against that their same-sex quote marriage now today even earlier this year, conservative in many ways but gay atheist David Rubin.

He and his partner quote, spouse, or adopting children and so so gay couples adopting children and you got major conservative leaders celebrating David Robison heard from this one this one this when they're all congratulating that he and his partner may be very devoted parents and caring people. It doesn't deny the fact that the kids will be raised by choice without their mother and and that they will be deprived of having a mother in their lives. As a mother so that's the sad thing, but either way it's it's nothing that you celebrate as a conservative, but now it celebrated why because things have shifted so dramatic I just use these as illustrations. Their whole lot of other issues in America that are very serious and very grievous. I'm just using this to paint a picture at just that you don't just recover from this. There is been a whole generation that has been raised. Learning that truth is relative, that morality is relative that even reality is relative its it's just what ever you perceive it to be. They been raised with this more and more parents are fun. It was happening in schools and their getting more and more outraged for good reason for very good reason. But, but, in point of fact, this this is the reality these things have been going on for longer than we realize. Come on Disney Disney Studios pushing aggressively to have more more LGBT Q plus characters more more LGBT Q plus superheroes, children, cards, children's cartoons with these document this for years now this not the most evil thing moving his gaze.

The disclaimer I'm not saying that all all right there's enough's there's enough sand in the church to destroy America that there is enough sand in heterosexual marriages to destroy America.

There are no problems right here where we live.

Okay I said for many years that that no-fault divorce in the church did more to destroy marginal gay activist combined this poem person open. I'm simply illustrating how dramatically the society has shifted and and even pastors have shifted and co-conservative leaders that there are conservative websites or I can say some of these things because is considered too controversial rock that boat so that's where were at. You don't just recover from that without divine intervention to many foundations have been destroy.

We need God. The good news is in the midst of this madness in the midst of the American Library Association endorsing drag queen reading our for toddlers in the midst of this madness. God is moving and he will hear the cries of his people he will hear the cries of those who earnestly seek him and ask him for mercy and for grace so now is the time friends. Now is the time we need God and he is near the secretive open heart, 86634 to hey friends, the inner voice disorder here will be right. I the line of fire broadcast. I just got an email from my team talking about our trip to Israel with exciting information. There you get the email below, you're missing out to go to asked Dr. Brown.org SK your Brown.org and dishonor for emails will culture are welcome to tell you more about my testimony from mostly the PhD with the 3Rs of our ministry on the touch on that in a moment and then as well will send you a free mini e-book on how to pray for America 866-34-TRUTH phones open for anything you want to talk about. But first thing on subject here.

One of the great burdens that I have been on the air with you is is to help see you thriving in spiritual health. Not, I noticed some listening, watching the don't agree with me that don't believe in God as I do completing Jesus while I'm thrilled to hear and hopefully we can contribute to your life in a positive way as well. For those who are fellow believers, which would be the great bulk of my audience. My goal is to see you healthy, thriving. The picture from Isaiah 1027 that the yoke is broken because of fatness with which which means that as the animal gets strong and healthy and fatness would be a picture of a of a healthy animal in the ancient world it bone. It breaks the yoke off the bondage, depression, broken off because of the health of of our life in God and that's the way it is.

You spend quality time with God you encounter him in his word. Your meeting with him you walk in obedience to him, something else comes vitality comes things is to put you down don't anymore. Things that used to burden you that you find freedom things that used to enslave you. They don't so that's our goal to to see that health building in that strength building because America's sick because the church is sick as the church gets healthier America will get healthier. Why because there are multiplied tens of millions of us here in America it's like there are three believers in America right that there are tens of millions of born-again people here sees me in America and in our health will directly affect the health of those around us, the light in us shine more brightly will bring light to America more conviction to America for accountability to America more blessing to America. More judgment to America so it is our ministry is burdened three focal points of our ministry revival in the church gospel based moral cultural revolution in society redemption. Israel the second to ours. Don't happen without the first that a healthy, thriving church so there are positive things happening in America we we told you that this would be the year of pushback right now is not the first year with this happening, but a year characterized by so we've seen so much of it the highlight this for being the overturning of Roe V Wade, but so much happening so many parents pushing back elected officials pushing back states pushing back grassroots pushing back, but unless the church leads the way it will fall short. Now one of the big things that happened in that the last election cycle is that we got so caught up with the elections and so caught up with the battle between Republicans and Democrats in Trump and Biden before that Trump and Hillary that I am convinced to the core by being that we misplaced or loyalties that that many of us became an appendage to a political party that many of us became like the ones that were following rather than bringing change to then they changed us and I tweeted this out last night or sometime yesterday about idolatry.

As of this idolatry is when we take the trust or adoration that belongs only to God and give it to anyone or anything else that we read that again for you idolatry is when we take the trust or adoration that belongs only to God and give it to anyone or anything else that's idolatry, and in many ways we fell into political idolatry is a major theme of my book the political seduction of the church. Remember, seduction is subtle seduction to seducing seduction doesn't come in through the front or comes in through the side window and and it's it has a lot of appeal to it and a lot that looks good. You know how many believers who love the Lord feel called to pastor have started seminary to get deeper into God and deeper into his word so that they can better serve the flock and become pastors to become missionaries and in every get there because they get so caught up with study and knowledge that that became an idol in their lives and the burden to reach the lost are the burden to shepherd a local flock disappear. Though some are called to teaching and scholarship with the it's a seduction that happens in in a subtle way. Maybe your Christian and in your an athlete and you think boy if I could really make it to the top of my sport of use that platform to reach young people will be better known in my community I can rally people around you share the gospel.

I can glorify the Lord so you you have your your vision, your burden, but then you know you just did not. You're good but you're not that good.

Didn't someone to suggest a just just try these ill this the supplements that are really high minutes, keep aquatica doing it the, the really helping net. Next thing you destroyer your your reputation by using performance-enhancing drugs. But it was was a seduction so we are looking at a situation where existential things are happening from her eyes when there's a battle for the for the future or children or grandchildren where the court could tip this way or that way with generational effect or waiting when he things abortion world terrorism standing with Israel, freedom of religion, family more.

I mean so many things on the table and one party to the tip of this window, the presidency, but this what it's easy for us to get caught up in these things when we do we'll lose our effectiveness to Samson. He said that if is if his hair was cut.

He admitted to thy little be like any other man in this would happen when we primarily fight with the world's weapons we become no more powerful than the world. God is given us supernatural spiritual weapons we fight with those weapons then things change. Of course, were involved in the system but our emphasis is spiritual. Limit me share with you with some folks fell on twitter of this was the first question of the series is up to four now that I've I've asked the fourth just right before radio started in anticipation of my new book the political seduction of the church. I'm going to ask some questions to get your take on how we did as believers during the 2020 elections.

First question that we rise above the political fray, or did we get caught up in fleshly partisan politics 9.6% said we rose above it. 9.6% said not sure 80.8% said we got caught up