IS OZEMPIC GOOD STEWARDSHIP? THINKING BIBLICALLY ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Transformed Podcast Episode 135 | August 07, 2025 Dr. Greg Gifford examines whether using weight loss medications like Ozempic aligns with biblical principles. Is being overweight sinful, or is gluttony a separate issue altogether? This conversation equips Christians to think wisely about self-control, body stewardship, and honoring God with practical choices. ___ Thanks for listening! Transformed would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Transformed we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0	What is? What is? What is? What is biblical counseling?
0:03.9	Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.
0:07.7	I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.
0:10.5	God replaced all my junk with a beautiful light.
0:14.8	God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.
0:19.5	The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word. This is Transform.
0:25.5	And now your host, assistant professor of biblical counseling at the Master's University and certified
0:31.8	biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford. Welcome back to Transform.
0:38.5	My name is Dr. Greg Gifford, and this is our second part in our biblical counseling
0:43.2	story on OZMPIC.
0:45.5	Remember, a biblical counseling story is where it's kind of like journalism meets
0:50.2	transformed and biblical counseling.
0:52.9	I've done my best to take different topics, research them,
0:56.8	report them to you, and then help you frame them from a biblical worldview. So this is the
1:02.6	second part. If you haven't listened to the first part on OZMPIC, I would actually encourage you
1:07.0	stop here, go back, listen to that first part, and then you'll be caught up to speed because in our last episode, I really explained what is the nature of OZempic.
1:17.6	One in eight adults are using it, and it is increasingly on the rise in young adolescent females, starting in age 12, going to age 25.
1:31.6	Ozympic is on the rise.
1:32.9	It was approved in roughly 2017 by the FDA, and basically since that point, it's just
1:38.6	been taking off.
1:39.9	It was originally for blood sugar, diabetes, but it has been found to help slow stomach
1:46.4	emptying and change how full you feel after every meal.
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