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Today, I tell you the story how by God's grace, I lost almost 100 pounds and have kept it off nine years later.

It's time for the line of fire with your host, biblical scholar and cultural commentator Dr. Michael Brown, your voice for moral sanity and spiritual clarity.

Call 866-34 Truth to get on the line of fire. And now, here's your host, Dr. Michael Brown.

More than you love your health, your family, or the Lord.

Is food a stronghold in your life?

Are you a food addict?

I'm here to help you today as someone whose life was radically transformed by God's grace,

who by God's grace has lived this out now, going on nine years with amazing, wonderful effects

in my life to this moment. I want to encourage you. I want to help you. I want to make as clear

as I can. I'm not here to be critical, to condemn, to discourage, to point fingers, quite the contrary.

Quite the contrary.

I recognize how challenging it can be to overcome food addictions, to make lifestyle changes,

to shed unneeded weight, to eat and live in a healthy way.

I'd be the first person to tell you how difficult it can be,

but I'm also the first person to tell you if God could help me, he could help anyone.

Michael Brown, welcome to the broadcast. My heart burns to see a healthy church and to see a

healthy you. For those of you who have a very healthy lifestyle and are fit and are thriving

in that regard, you'll be cheering me on because you want to see others fit and healthy as well.

For those who are struggling, for those who recognize their needs, by all means, I'm here to

help you. And I understand that some of you have conditions that are unrelated to diet.

In other words, you were in a bare car wreck and your back was damaged and there are issues because of that.

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