Combatting Discouragement; Evangelicals and Trump; the Obesity Epidemic; and Thoughts on Gun Control

From evangelicals and president tromped to gun control to discouragement in the church will come your way today stage for the line of fire with your host activist and author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH. That's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown, yet it happened again happen again this past Saturday when I was speaking speaking from the last chapter of my book saving a sick America chapter school, the church is great opportunity. Great crowd squeezed into a great room at of fabulously large church facility near Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual Southern Evangelical seminary apologetics conference massive conference. Thousands of people in attendance. And it happened again as I spoke on this theme of the church is great opportunity and it's not too late for America. The place was electric with excitement and afterwords, just as when I spoke on this in previous weeks afterwards there was a line of people coming to my book table when me to sign a copy of the book for them but the thing that I'm talking about. That happened was this supernatural impartation of encouragement person after person with glowing smiles thanked me for the encouragement and said just what we need to hear.

So my question and I wrote about it over the weekend. My question is why are so many believers so discourage this is Michael Brown you're listening to the line of fire my joy to be with you today to get involved in the conversational number to call 866-34-TRUTH 866-348-7884. If you're listening on the audio feed on Facebook watching the video feed on YouTube same number for you to call in, as well as all of our radio listeners 866-34-TRUTH why is it that so many believers seem to be discouraged about the state of the church in the state of America it in such a way that when I bring this word which is not starry eyed optimism, which is not stick your head in the sand and deny reality. Optimism, but it is a word based historically based faith-based optimism was that people are so supernaturally lifted. Now I know the truth of the subject matter that I'm conveying and if you read saving a sick America you know this what I'm conveying is very encouraging. Based on history and I know God has given me a certain gift to encourage and build faith is put faith in me that helps faith in you.

Come alive but it just seems odd to me that so many believers people who have good relationships with the Lord. So many believers who are in good churches were their pastors are not bringing negative, destructive, discouraging messages that in so many cases people are still so discouraged, so I gave it some prayerful thought over the week and I love to hear your thoughts as well, but will be getting into that later in the broadcast also in the next segment divan with some thoughts on evangelicals and president tromped and are we selling our soul in support of him or do we have our eyes wide open.

Will talk about that and then we will get into a discussion about gun control. There was a gun shot survivor meeting this past weekend and have a discussion about this and this will be another place where you can way and so a lot to talk about on the broadcast today. So glad can be together this time of the year at this time of life at this season in the world may not.

Would've been amazing to live in certain times during the Bible and see certain things happen first hand, but I'm thrilled to be alive right now and have this opportunity in America to be a witness at a time when America really needs the gospel will be right back don't go anywhere file line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the minor fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown but I pledge that in a trump administration our nation. Religious heritage would be cherished and protected and defended like you have never seen before. That's what's happening is God using Donald Trump in many positive ways. Despite his obvious failings, and despite things he says does wish she wouldn't say into despite negative qualities of his character, persona or leadership style easily criticize could be that God is using hand in the midst of all this for positive change for religious liberties for pro-life for Stan against radical LGBT activism standing for Israel others.

A recent article on red state.com Kimberly Ross.

It's entitled trumps cheap Merry Christmas Christianity continues to sway evangelicals and she writes last year congregants at the church of Trump stormed into polling places nationwide vote of the godless reality star into the highest office in the land. She continues it's been crystal clear that human Evangelical trump supporters of the holy place the political faith in the real estate magnate. They've become sold-out disciples for him. It seems as if in their eyes the GOP and Christianity are interchangeable, and she took particular issue with his speech at the values voters Summit. Let's listen to more of what he had to say this is the FRC family research Council, their annual value vote values voters Summit.

This is the first time a sitting president has spoken there.

You heard that first clip from that very Summit. Listen to what else he had to say in American we don't worship government we worship God. The American found invoked our creator four times in the declaration of independence four times how times have changed. But you know what how they're changing back again. We are stopping call the attacks on Judeo Christian values right significant comments and then he also said this he mentioned this in His campaign. He brought up again now because were in October. Talk about Merry Christmas.

Listen to what he said you know were getting me that beautiful Christmas season that people don't talk about anymore. They don't use the word Christmas because is not politically correct.

You go department stores until say happy new year and the say other things and will be read to have it painted, but they don't say, well, guess what we're saying Merry Christmas again quite so chilly. Ross takes issue with that when he says those words. She said home.

Ron and the crowd goes wild. She says the proud story on evangelicals who cast their ballot for the Christian chief believe trump is miraculously brought faith back to the nation and that is all that matters. To be candid here what's happened is that Kimberly Ross has overshot her mark if she said that too many evangelicals make excuses for the president if she said that too many evangelicals are putting too much trust in the president to bring about positive change there could've been validity to those charges but I don't know anyone what maybe one or two people have made some ridiculous statements but I don't know any leader that looks to Donald Trump as Christian chief and those of us who voted for him did so with great hesitation and trepidation and soul-searching. A many voted enthusiastically but many of us didn't because we were concerned because we knew it would be a mixed bag and basically we got what we are expecting to get for better or for worse, that we keep praying for him to really know the Lord and grow in the Lord and bear fruit. As a follower of Jesus. If he is never truly come to know the Lord. Having heard the gospel this many months. We pray that he will if he somehow it an absolute baby, infant Christian. We pray that he'll grow. I I don't see the fruit of him knowing the Lord, but others closer claim there some relationship let God be the judge. Certainly there is not maturity. Certainly there is not fruit week. We recognize that, but we are getting what we expected were getting this guy who is rough-and-tumble who is fearless is controversial is often in my view, unwise, and things he puts out even divisive and yet keep anonymous promises know certain things he hasn't done yet exactly as it moves the embassy and in Israel to Jerusalem, but he's done other things that a been very encouraging for Israel. Even standing up to Iran and and he has a much better relationship with Israel and Pres. Obama did.

And certainly he's been consistent in his in his nominees for the courts for the Supreme Court and the federal courts one after another after another that that are excellent, and in addition to that, he has stood up for religious liberties on a number of different occasions in a number of different ways and things at Department of Justice's positioning and return general sessions have been very positive and some are helping turn back the tide of LGBT activism. In fact, if you noticed on the screen behind the presidency speaking it's in AFA action is American family Association there branded as a hate group by the sudden public law center. They went after me there, one after Ben Carson mean that they disqualify themselves day by day they got off the FRC as a hate group and their blood on their hands because we got a truck cannot carry out a massacre and FRC got the information from SPLC and even the shooter, Steve Steve Scalise is an avid follower of SPLC from what I understand and hear their their folks very upset reporting that a a flyer advertising the book hazards of homosexuality.

This was distributed the values voters Summit. I have the book and it's just it's giving you data skipping facts and information about the health hazards of homosexuality dislike of health hazard. Sips of tobacco smoking and health hazards of the bit of obesity there are health hazards associated with homosexual practice and people should know about.

If you care about people they should know about it. While there is outrage these.

How could this be these recirculated. This further proves that these are hate groups and mass resistance to put the book out.

They but on the hate list since 2008 of SPLC, which many cases is actually a badge of honor. All that to say all that to say that the president has done many things that are positive and that we should appreciate and should commend him for with out excusing the things that are wrong. The idea that people are disciples in the church of Trump were looking to him as Christian in chief or buying into this shallow Merry Christmas Christianity. I'm sure some are, but that's the minority others that I know we have our eyes wide open. My friends are on the presidents of an evangelical advisory Board try to speak into his life encouraging. Pray for him, but then speak into his life and challenge him to do things in a righteous way and try to reach out to others in his administration to try to get them to do things in a righteous way to be bridge builders to be unified is to be peacemakers, so there may be some who have sold their souls in defense of the president, and I don't mean literally but figuratively sold their souls in defense of the president or in turning a blind eye to things that he does we should say hat.

I don't like that I disagree with that. I want my witness to be hurt all right and of association with the present I support him as our president. I pray for him. I supported Pres. Obama's are present pray for them.

I militantly differ with him on various stands. I differ with Donald Trump. More on some of his ways of doing things and words than some of the stands that he's taken but bottom line is. My allegiance is to Jesus. My allegiance is to following God. My allegiance is to what's written in the word and to the extent that a leader is in harmony with that, I will encourage them and when they're not. I will call them to account. That's normal we do that with our votes we do that in 100 other ways, so it is this overreaction that concerns me and end up Merry Christmas is not a big is not a big deal. I did not vote for Donald Trump because his arena bring Merry Christmas buckling of a Jewish believer chases for Christmas. Does this mean that much to be entered but overall scheme of things. I don't think it's that important. However, when you have the president the first sitting president addressing the values voters Summit and yes preaching to the choir. And yes, appealing to an evangelical basement in a way that is consistent with what he has thus far gone as far as taking stands and passing legislation and pushing for certain things and nominating certain things to that extent, yet he's preaching to the choir.

He's playing to his base but what you expect the base to do what he tells my Merry Christmas.

Expect them to boo so no that's a minor thing. Kimberly Ross is look.

People get all excited about that it's misplaced. I agree, but in the larger context of the war against religion. It's in our culture today and is having a president.

No, not eight. Not a perfect Christian man on a model Christian and maybe not even a Christian man at all at this point but to have someone say I'm standing up for you that's meaningful and we appreciate it and we should, but if you want to know who I'm preaching his Savior. It's not Donald Trump. It's Jesus the Lord all right we come back we will take your calls get your impressions on what I have to say do you think we further witnessing by voting for president.

Troubled inventor not to vote at all. A vote for Hillary Clinton will talk about sure 866-34-TRUTH disseminating form will continue to talk about discouragement among the people of God.

Why there will be right back number and it's the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown your voice and more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown right. How about 7884. How about a little teamwork.

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If you post the review that helps others can just be one line you know what really bless him enough emerging about the just, whatever work could be a paragraph or two if you want to get into things are discussed content, but that really helps others find out about the book. I know I'm going to purchase something I look at reviews I read reviews and and that's often the best way to find out about something. So take a moment to do that. I really do appreciate if you don't have the book yet go to saving a sick America.com to find out more. Saving a sick America.com course you can order the local bookstores or any of the online dealers, Amazon or any of the others. All right before I get to this subject of discouragement. I want to get your calls as well. The idea that the world can tell us what hurts our witness. Sometimes it's right. Sometimes it's wrong.

In other words, in other words, there are people that are people of conscience that promote worldly secular people, but their people of conscience there. The people with certain moral values. Obviously, needing the Lord and fallen like the rest of us, but they they are greeted by hypocrisy.

They see things that are double standards and it bothers them when they see that the church it bothers on the Catholic but certainly the scandal with pedophile priests and things like that that terribly rightly so hurts the large the witness of the Catholic Church. So when we have a scandal with one or evangelical leaders, a TV preacher well known leader in there caught in sexual sin or financial say of course that hurts our witness and rightly so tragically so something all of us need to consider it in leadership in terms of the influence we have for good or for bad.

At the same time, the world is often giving us advice. You know, if you just change your views on homosexuality, we listen to you more unless I can happen.

We just change your views on abortion. We listen team wasn't in the habit. If you just open more open to other religions also being true and you don't just need Jesus. We listen tomorrow unless I can happen you know it's it's it's just like when secular TV is giving the Republicans advice on what to do to improve their their their their cause or get more followers are voted to think that I do that because they care to get that this to getting to caveman so I know I know that the enthusiastic support of Pres. Trump by some evangelicals and almost the same. Ditto, making him into some kind of saint that that that definitely hurt or witness in some circles because people saw that is some type of moral compromise. People saw that as hypocrisy receiving integrity doesn't matter works about Bill Clinton's adultery as alleged adultery, but were not upset about thrice married management of worldly management allegedly misogynistic, and so on and so forth. So I understand that and and I was always grieved when people talked about on the St. Donald in this amazing Christian male at the summer I was voting for. On the flipside on the flipside, the world was not listening to me before the words when I talked about righteousness when I talked about truth. When I talked about golf and a touch of unholiness. The world was rejecting that message before. Now they just have another reason to reject it so I don't take the world's advice carte blanche.

I know sometimes that there's a perspective that's true, that I should consider in other times it's just the world being the world. If you follow my trip 866-34-TRUTH okay so back to the question of discouragement back to the question of discouragement. I know that there are problems in America tragedies now. The forest fires in California meet so many lives lost its horrific shock, all you people been through, but many things now versus in the Great Depression of Civil War moralizing intake and overall consider World War II in different times of trauma in our nation. Why so much discouragement got some ideas but look to hear from some of you. Let's start of the phones Paula in Greensboro, North Carolina. You're on the line of fire. Hello Paula, I tell you it to what, let's let's hold off and restart here. I asked myself a series of questions before writing my article on why are we so discouraged.

Why are so many so discouraged again I'm hearing from people are discouraged because they are so all encouraged when I preach from the last chapter of saving a sick America. The church is great opportunity.

They are so amazingly encouraged over the top.

Encouraged and assisted early. It's not because of the starry eyed optimist denying reality is, is not because the sky is falling, and I think always not a beautiful display of nature. Now, I recognize the problems of the kites-talk of how bad news all the time. A lot of you hear about bad news for me the latest in the sexual revolution of the latest in division our country the latest in racial tensions, the latest in natural disasters than the latest in gay activism, the latest in world crises which on about these things all the time.

Are we not, we are we are, and yet I faith and confidence that God is moving in that we could see an amazing awakening in the days ahead.

So why are so many so discouraged as I thought about a field item. Big big factor is that we were not wired as human beings to get 24 seven influx of news information. Bad news horror stories to see day and night images of death and disaster. Now I know times in history people go through hellish war conditions and and that they live in traumatic situations that many of course are traumatized for life through those things that how many of our soldiers can't come back with with posttraumatic stress disorder because of what they've witnessed and seen another right in the midst of it, but whether the shooting in Vegas within seconds there it is on a cell phone. The people screaming and running in bodies falling.

Whether it's a disaster here.

Whether it's there. The results of the forest fires. Whether it's the latest shooting fear whether it's whatever were inundated with Dan I and then the constant negative news what's wrong with Obama. What's wrong with Trump was wrong with Congress was wrong with America.

What's wrong with this was wrong with that constant bombardment of it. I think it takes its toll and I think that's a big reason why so many are so discouraged, which means we have to wean ourselves from a lot of wean ourselves from a lot of it get fed Rich by God's word to my website ask Dr. Brown's Lord a.s. K. G.

R. Brown.org that's the place to go to get encouragement to get form new articles new videos posted by the day. Check it out and asked Dr. Brown.org it's the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 6643 here again is Dr. Michael Brown one evangelicals about guns, God and gravy.

They all go hand in hand. Certain southern sure and food and pay. We are hunters and Donaldson want to be able to defend ourselves in Second Amendment and God somehow all go together.

Evangelicals are often thought of as avid supporters of the second amendment and they would be the first to point out that most of the massacres that we've had a terrible masters take place in gun free zones or place with over 500 homicides in a year. At this this year Chicago that's a gun free zone.

In terms of laws and I've got some friends that are on staff at a mega church in Texas and they said this is not the place were supposedly private commensurately because if they do, there probably 20,000 armed people that'll take the person out many others will find it contradictory that you can be pro-life and pro-gun, and it's a debate to be had. We know we have a tremendous amount of gun violence in America. The old adage that if you outlaw guns, only outlaws have guns over 325 million guns in America. From what I've read it's a discussion we need to have adjoining out on the line of fire is River Dr. Rob Shank is the president of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute subject of the recent Emmy award-winning documentary, the armor of light. He's not.

I've known him for years as a pro-life leader but is involved on the session of gun control as well.

A Rob it's great to have you today on the line of fire. Like why Dr. Brown Waldheim admire your pleasure at all by your will.

Thank you sir, thank you so much. What is your position now on gun control just to introduce the subject and how does it tie in with your larger pro-life vision will be of moral and apical a question for Kristin and Bert in but that art open our country because the taking of human life Ethan in a defensive situation. Third bill of light but will likely be law on one by or the other and back to me a question of paramount moral concern for the believer is really about second amendment to me more about the second commandment will have the final day in the life of the believer, including when and how I defend myself or other and who die in that equation right now your your littlest presidents of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute.

I would assume put you and in harmony with Dietrich Bonhoeffer's philosophy is that correct you well hope to look Hank, I suggest just in a minute and then will unpack this on the other side of the break.

Is it ever right to forcefully resist evil, as is Bonhoeffer sought to do with the Nazis in Germany well but it would've been better know the rule on that question had to do with all the little pigtail behind that question. What is happening what is correct. Who would be involved. What are the hot solution to that problem but an offer. One very big on at the question, what is the will of God invest in this moment of time in this book as compared, that you list the rules and regulations which he said never apply to the Christian I got it so we have the questions on the table. My justified in taking a life to save my life. I justified in stopping someone my own power is potentially to kill others is an abuse of the Second Amendment does contradict the second commandment gives the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 8663 here again is Dr. Michael Brown as friends for being part of today's broadcast. If you'd like to weigh in with your own on guns and believers 866-34-TRUTH 866-34-TRUTH 784 as you know I'm not a gun owner myself on the part of the NRA. I've never been if if you can bring on some on TV to debate the second amendment are not the guy. However, I know many of you listening are gun owners and many of you feel it's important for Christians to have these rights under the Second Amendment that it's a matter of self-preservation. My guess Rev. Dr. Rob Shank has been respected leader in the pro-life movement for many years, but is challenging. Many of the prevalent evangelical attitudes towards gun ownership in America. A river check out how long have you been carrying on this particular battle as part of your larger pro-life burden gradually about by year. I really had that have eye opening.

Aaron, one when I was all like Pennsylvania in the day following the slaughter by Amish girl will help a lot of people in that community. Many of the quarter of our ministry in Washington DC and I was arrogant with the family. It was a life changing.

For me, then became a mass shooting at the US Navy Yard in Washington DC which was right outside my front door practically what was happening in the yard out from my own home and brought it up close and personal. 12 people died there many more were injured and in that personal encounter. I was really worth a look at the problem differently than I had looked at it ever before so you know the arguments both ways and obviously you get getting a lot of flak for this and a lot of pushback over and I'm looking at an article a meets a good guy with a gun to stop the mass shooting at Nashville area church and I happily preaching in that same area. That same Sunday morning got out of the service and the pastor together was a shooting, not far from here and here. Here's a guy that according to all the reports we have was able to short-circuit the sky from killing many others, so his having access to a gun was something that apparently saved many lives with the shooting.

For example, at a church woman church in in Colorado years back when the security guard that was able to take someone out before they killed more people you know these arguments and people say Washington DC has strict gun control laws so we need his guns to be able to defend ourselves against the slaughters which response to that yacht and boat very argument to be made and there are more than art because they're real like an I can only thank God alerted him to church and at another quite act as a good.

I don't think that of all books from looking at the situation critically scripturally looking at the order Christian experience moral instruction don't work something out. We did the best we could and that in and that would be applauded and we can be very grateful for it.

Then we have been backed up very, is there any better way to approach the vent in back way and I think often.

I think there's a really difficult question to ask words available in every situation where the life of a Christian is incorrect in progress. Is it only God will that be a great start die and that the Christian believer.only God will if it were, we wouldn't have any Margaret, we wouldn't have even we note that the disciples were our they had stored why did they not know the response. There instead. He willingly surrendered life and from tightlipped equipment of the gospel so none of the art equation, but I think they demand our prayer all careful examination so what is it that you're primarily taking issue with did you think that Christians in their enthusiasm for the right to seek counsel's let's put aside hunting and things like that just for self-defense. Do you think there that are enthusiasm to have these in our reaction to what we see is as destructive laws that may be liberal, surpassing that we haven't thoroughly evaluated that the issue of taking a life even in self-defense. What's Jesus think of evangelicals and guns are too closely associated what is it that's most eating at you in this well well there's nobody (but neurotic.but what what what really burned. I think there's a lot of people is the fact that there's a kind of popular gun culture promulgated by groups like the NRA, of which I will hold the closure. I am a life member of the NRA. You are not non-that's funny is ironic and I think the NRA started out certain kind of group more into something different.

And now promoting the kind of popular void of all bold bravado, then you walk should be about powerful person in the equation. Don't let anybody ever threatened you and and appeal to our pride to our ego to our need be domineering and powerful in the Scriptures, but were to humble Art Deco pride goes before all body. Before construction it would've preferred a lie, but other overarching now well that made me bed in a violent confrontation is not terribly God will tonight dominate you in the equation, but it may call for something entirely different and sleepy in the encounter between Japheth and government authority. And speaking of government authority. There is a lot of fear that it had spoken to Christian that even pastor other ministry leaders all over the country about the subject and I often hear hear that the people of God.

Their grade, the federal government may do their parade of rep you know to their home and their families and their children, and beer.

I've argued that years should never be a lonely element in the life of a Christian because our somewhere else and I don't regret or 90 only thing all real world, but we can become that by year and I think that at the medical.it's not advocating irresponsibility but you are concerned that we could get caught up in the latest conspiratorial threat that the governments can come in and do this and that others would say hey it's not conspiratorial it's it's reality and that's that's why we have this in our Bill of Rights, etc. but Rob, I what's important to me is that were able to discuss these things in.

In other words, because I was not from New York City.

My dad was senior Lori New York Supreme Court was not raised in a certain gun environment and suburban part of my life and and I know in the early church.

The reason questions about serving as a soldier in and things like that and and I'm nearly relating to believers being persecuted around the world and obviously that they use wisdom they may have to flee in certain ways, but they're not pull out guns to stop enough the governments trying to calm him to government or Muslim government to persecute them to try to blow up the government, you know they understand this persecution for the faith. I do understand the self-defense issue. I separate that from persecution. I do understand the wisdom issue. It's just not an argument I get into a lot either way, but I think it's important at least that we put the issues on the table, especially because there's almost this immediate association that if you are pro-evangelical you are pro-gun and against gun control of any kind, etc. so I think at least need to have the discussion hit less than we just got just got a minute but survivor Sunday what what just happened yesterday.

Where are we at all over the country. Minute three Norton patient that led prayer or the bird by bird gun violence, but I've been challenged on that. Why are we praying for the victims of all forms of violent and we should and we always will.

But the unique and begun equation, including what I argue in inequity between a gun and another victim because you can run from the night or club, but it is virtually impossible as we thought Las Vegas to run from of God and of bullet. They are uniquely engineered your life and filled in inequity and that which again funding and they moral and ethical question is an examination of the survivors of violent situation.

I think the player that I have but I get a jump in thank you sir for joining us much more to discuss the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of poor cultural and spiritual revolution.

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Jesus is Lord is risen from the dead. He sits at the right hand of the father. That's enough encourage forever. See you tomorrow