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I'm going to give you 10 reflections on a disaster in Afghanistan, and then an interview with

Josh McDowell and Bob Bennett about a brand new book.

It's time for The Line of Fire with your host, activist, 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 86634 Truth. That's 86634 Truth. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown. Actually, Josh McDowell and Ben Bennett,

not Bob Bennett. Hey, friends, welcome to the broadcast. This is Michael Brown. Delighted to be with you.

Got some important things to talk about, as always, some weighty things. You know, I always do my best to

encourage, lift up, build faith.

There are also times we just need to look at reality with pain, with grief, and take that to the

Lord and prayer. And that's the situation in Afghanistan right now. Welcome to the broadcast.

86634-3-4-truth, 866-34-8-8-8-8-4. So I want to take the first half of today's

broadcast, talk about Afghanistan, and then if I have some time, some reflections from yesterday's

broadcast as well. We talk about the church being alert and awake in the season in which we live.

And then, bottom of the hour, we'll be joined by Josh McDowell and Ben Bennett to talk about their new book, Free to Thrive.

So on the year yesterday, I shared a little bit about Afghanistan, but I said I wanted to step back more.

I wanted to reflect more than I wanted to add what I could in a way that would be truthful

and constructive. So got home from radio last night, sat down and began to write, and this is the

article I'm going to refer to today. It's on asked Dr. Brown.org. It's on stream.org. You can read it

for yourself. You can share it with others. Ten reflections on the Afghan disaster.

So let me dive right in with number one.

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