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We're going to tell you the truth about the so-called N-A-R and Christian nationalism.

And then an interview with Pastor Michael Youssef about his new book is The End the Year.

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 86634 Truth to get on the Line of Fire.

And now, here's your host, Dr. Michael Brown.

Thanks so much for joining us today on the Line of Fire.

This is an important broadcast. We'll be talking about an important new statement that has been issued at a critical time in church history and American history right here in our nation.

If you have a comment, question related to this, 86634-truth, 866-348-8-8-4. At bottom of the hour, I'll be

joined by Pastor Michael Youssef. But right now, I want to bring on my

good friend, my very good friend, and close colleague, Bishop

Joseph Matera. Thanks for joining us on the broadcast today.

Oh, it's my pleasure.

Yes, so we jointly with the team of other leaders issued a statement a couple years back, the prophetic standard statement.

We were concerned going into the 2020 elections that if the pro-Trump prophecies did not come to pass, there'd be a lot of fallout.

We've been concerned for many, many years about lack of prophetic accountability within our

own charismatic circles. We issued that. It's gotten widespread attention, probably almost a thousand

signers, multiple languages picked up by the secular media as well what is it that caused you

to reach out to me excuse me to say i think we need to write a statement on another subject what

prompted you joe well i felt very strongly that as 2024 was looming, there was going to be an avalanche of extreme expressions of Christian nationalism.

And the secular media, but also the evangelicals, including some Pentecostals, have been writing against

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