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Hear me carefully, friends. We are in a war.

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.

Welcome to the Line of Fire broadcast. This is Michael Brown. Today is a tremendously important

broadcast. I believe you're going to be stirred.

I will not be taking calls today.

This is one of those days.

Sit back and get a fresh blast of exhortation,

a fresh blast of encouragement, a fresh challenge.

I love to be challenged by God.

I don't like being rebuked because that means I've done something wrong and I've dishonored him or let him down. But even his rebuke comes with love

and I know it's for good. It's for good. But those challenges tell me there's more of God

in you and me than we understand.

There's more potential to do the will of God than you or I understand.

And as we are in a mode right now, especially those of us, especially tied to Israel, it's an agonizing moment.

One of my friends wrote from Israel and said, we have 23 people,

either in our congregation or close friends, relatives. Right now, 23 people in the warfront in

Israel. Everybody's affected. Israel, the Jewish population total, say roughly 7 million, and you've got 300,000 reservists called up so Israeli men up to like mid-40s. So, I mean, just think of it. Everybody's being affected. Aside from everyone's affected by the tragedies and the funerals,

and you know someone who was killed or you know the friend of someone who was killed,

it's quite overwhelming.

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