Welcome friends to the line of fire. Michael Brown here as we come to the end of 2024.

We're taking into a message I preached in 2017 on breaking the stronghold of fruit.

I was three years into the journey, 10 years in now, and it gets better every day.

So let us go to this message.

Well, it's wonderful to be back with all of you. This is now the third

straight time I've been with you over a two-year period, and I've appreciated the warm welcome

I get, and Pastor Ron's one of the kindest men you'll ever meet, isn't he? So, amen.

You asked me to say something else?

No, just kidding.

But each time I've been here, I've been asked to address a different, pretty intense,

controversial subject in each service.

So each meeting is going to be different.

And last year, year before, folks came to the all weekend meetings. So if you want to do that, first service tomorrow morning,

well, nothing controversial.

We're just going to talk about the church and the immigration issue.

And then the second service, again, wanting to avoid all controversy.

We're going to talk about the church and gay activism.

But seriously, we'll address everything in a redemptive way, everything in a Jesus glorifying way,

and then after the second service, we'll be taking questions as well.

All right, real quick, before we open the word together,

how many of you are connected with me on social media,

Facebook or Twitter or YouTube?

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