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Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

SHOULD CHRISTIANS USE OZEMPIC? THE TRUE RISKS AND REWARDS

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9710 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Transformed Podcast Episode 134 | July 31, 2025 Dr. Greg Gifford explores the rising use of Ozempic and asks critical questions about its role in the Christian life. Is weight loss medication just a physical issue, or does it reveal something deeper? Learn how Scripture helps inform your choices when it comes to your body and your health. ___ 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?

0:04.0

Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.

0:07.8

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.

0:19.9

The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.

0:23.6

This is Transform.

0:25.6

And now your host, Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at the Master's University

0:30.6

and certified biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford.

0:36.6

Welcome back to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford. And today we are going to do another

0:42.4

biblical counseling story on the topic of OZMPIC. And you may remember our biblical counseling

0:48.6

story from the spring. I walked through artificial intelligence chatbot therapy.

0:56.8

Biblical counseling stories, it's where I'm kind of like a journalist

1:00.7

and a biblical counselor all in one.

1:03.7

So biblical counseling meets journalism meets transformed.

1:07.9

And I want to help research a topic for you,

1:10.6

prevalent topics, cultural topics,

1:12.9

while helping you frame those topics from a biblical worldview. So that's the goal. And

1:18.1

Ozimic is that new topic. So I'll do a two-part series today and then next week.

1:24.1

You may be wondering, okay, Dr. Gifford, what is Ozympic?

1:28.5

When are we going to the Olympics?

1:31.2

And are you going to be there?

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