An Analysis of President Trump's Inaugural Address

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That's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown hey friends Michael Brown is so good to be back to listen to my voice right now I am somewhere in the air in route from Singapore back to the United States so delighted to be with you had an awesome week of ministry in Singapore. Hope you enjoyed the special guest hosts we had last week.

I hope there were blessing to you with some great gifted folks and confident. They did a really good job had a great time ministry in Singapore give you report on that in a moment, but it was somewhat surreal to be in Singapore and what it was like around midnight Singapore time because we were 13 hours ahead of East Coast time to see the midnight what may be one in the morning when Pres. Trump was officially inaugurated and for many. I know it's a real, some never thought with would happen surreal positively surreal negatively understand the great range of emotions that's out there and it was just even more interesting for me so far removed him in a long long distance from Washington DC being in Singapore watching and then you know with international news coverage and things like that international BBC news coverage like that. It was it was really really interesting and of course America is massively divided yet. We've been divided over past presidents but I say were in an even more fractured divided state right now and obviously is God's people.

The one thing we don't want to do is be reactionary. We want to be fair-minded. We want to be prayerful.

We we want to do our best to not get caught up in partisan politics and we we want to unify among ourselves, regardless of whether we are happy or not with president Donald Trump being our 40th president, 45th president to go through some of his inaugural speech and and share some thoughts with you and talk about some of the things happening in response to Donald Trump's inaugural speech but let me first say something to everyone listening. If you consider yourself a Bible believer of God's word has authority in your life and you know the calling that is on our lives to honor and respect authorities Peter could even write. And Paul could write, exhorting us to even honor the, the Emperor of Rome and things like that would when you talk about probably a wicked, often violently wicked leader and yet the office was to be honored. So I absolutely opposed many of Barack Obama's policies I worn before he was elected needed need to be a rocket scientist to see this that he would be the most radically pro-gay activists pro-abortion president in our history, and I question where he stood on the nation of Israel.

Be still my president. Like it or not, he was our elected president under our system, and that makes him my president. Every election, there are millions and millions of people, almost half the nation.

In some cases numbers was over half the nation in terms of those who voted who say why I didn't vote for the man I didn't vote for it for that person understood. That's the way it works. Nonetheless, that person is your president so I just want to encourage you to recognize that and to have it added to the respect for the office.

If you profoundly different with the man if you're profoundly concerned about his policies. His words, if you are grieved. Pray for him but he's your president just on my president will if that's what half of America did with every election that we have no government we have no country would function at all. So I did not like Barack Obama being our president, but he was our president and he was my president and I differed with him. I differ with him with the respect for the presidential office deserves a less same as what side were on president come from a scriptural level that makes sense to soap look at the inaugural speech of Donald Trump. This is Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual file line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the minor fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown. Thanks much for joining us on the line are this is Michael Brown delighted to be with you for all of you who prayed for me while ministering in Singapore. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. We had a great series of meetings. The first night I met with a number of business leaders, key business people in Singapore church leaders and just give a call for courage to stand to do the right thing not to be confrontational in a provocative Tory way. But whether righteousness is used to stand for righteousness and to be people of courage and people of wisdom.

We had a great time there and then the next morning I was asked to prepare a three hour PowerPoint presentation that was going to be videotaped and shown to youth pastors and leaders throughout Asia is to questions of redefining marriage questions of LGBT activism, scriptural principles, how to respond and I close the presentation with five warnings five things we've done wrong in the church of American terms of dealing with gay activist issues, beginning with failing to have a real baptism of love for the LGBT community and and then secondly are our own failings in the church no-fault divorce in the church scandals among leaders and things like that that that took away her moral authority and open the door for other changes to, and then are our failure to speak up boldly offer our cowardice as leaders that we rather have a reputation.

We rather have our RR secure people giving our church and all have our money secure in our giving, secure, our number secure rather than speak the truth and let the chips fall where they may.

So got into that had a great time with the folks there and then the next night after some of the meetings during the days the next night got to speak on Israel and the resurrection of the Dedham.

I'm hoping to get that video of the message and put it on YouTube, but you may have watched on Facebook live adjuster in the course of the message reached over 300,000 people are asked Dr. Brown Facebook page and I think it's real eye-opening message Israel and the resurrection of the dead and spoke at all five services for cornerstone Community Church. They have 19 different services over the weekend in multiple languages locations. Great bunch of folks so I brought five messages on why we don't have more revival and each message was a different message but on the same seem so were hoping at some of those up on YouTube as well, but thank you for praying fruitful trip about all roughly 30 hours travel in each direction and looking forward to taking your calls on the broadcast again tomorrow, but today because of travel back from Singapore not taking any calls. Sharing my thoughts about Donald Trump's inaugural speech. Let me also lay out a principal for you which is don't use unequal weights and measures don't use unequal weights and measures one point mean well just hold the same standard for people you like is for people you don't like hold the same standard for your own camp is for another Don't evaluate harshly those that you differ with and then let off the hook. Those you agree with and like just be fair and equal throughout the Old Testament there are warnings about using unequal weights and measures on unequal stones. If you have you have these things supposed away the same amount but but one was was heavy and the other was light and you would tip the scales. Accordingly, no, don't do that. That's unjust. And God hates that.

So let me just give you an example. There are people who are calling Donald Trump a sexual predator and an innovative literally comments that he made. He claimed was just locker talking the way was gross, vulgarly apologize for either way, horrific and unacceptable. From what 1011 years ago was just say he did the things that he talked about and and let's say that women who make charges against that he groped them things like that. Let's just say that those are true. He claims their false he was gonna sue if he wasn't. I was told he was elected he was in us to those people and if he was elected with this, he was and let it go. But you know if if those things were true, and if people are outraged and how can a man like that be in the White House.

I understand that.

I just hope that you were equally outraged about Bill Clinton and from what I can tell there was more evidence and more damning evidence against Bill Clinton and against Donald Trump. In that regard, not justifying on that single one was really really really bad and it was kinda bad no no.

I'm simply saying that if you have outrage over one that's fine as always in outrage over the other, or look at this. How do you evaluate evidence. How do you evaluate evidence if there is negative evidence presented against someone you like you to look for ways to dismiss it and disprove it and I don't think that's accurate you hear a news report against someone that that that sees me someone that you you do like your news report negative news report about someone that you do like your own. Now I question that.

I wonder, but if that negative news report was about someone you don't like you yet that's right so I just want to encourage you to be equal handed evenhanded, excuse me, equal weights, equal measures, even hand is.

Is that too much to ask for and hate.

I'm asking it of myself. It's it's not always easy because we as human beings can easily become partisan, we can do it so I'm just saying if if every day you are on Barack Obama's case and you criticized him and you looked at him a certain way and and and and he what he was out of the antichrist to you and now people sale. Donald Trump is like Hitler knew that outraged hey was good for the goose is good for the gander. Right. So all I'm saying is be even handed be level headed.

Is that too much to ask for those of us who are supposed to be the people of God are right Donald Trump speech. He's that I read one report that said while this was a great speech because he only use the word I just a few times, but he kept saying we we we we throughout the speech and they said you know that's different than Barack Obama, who often talked about himself and it was III know he has made speeches so question is made speeches were.

He perpetually refers to himself and people would count on this one speech use the word I is 63 times or something like that. But I decided to do a check your summits at the mill. Here is what Donald Trump said the inauguration always of the speech is wrong about him and me me me and that that was there criticism so I decided to do a check and I easily found a website that is all the inaugural speeches of all of our presence of sugar bunches of websites that have that so II didn't search for me I just search for. I try so II search for eye with the space afterwards would be that the word I and then look through it and counted and and then look the same way for for we and over and over and over and over.

President after president after president in their in our inaugural speech is AI a few times and overwhelmingly say we we we we in fact Barack Obama's first speech, which was one of the ones I checked, so his is inauguration 2009 after being elected in 2008. He said we. If I got my fax right. He said we more than Donald Trump did and I less than Donald Trump. So let's not make the superficial comparisons Donald Trump did what what president after president at after president adequately what they have done in their inaugural speeches, which is constant, but the emphasis on we we we we we the people you all of you, and very little said about themselves. So what he did was in keeping with that customer. Obviously, any good speechwriter would be fully aware of that. But here's what I find very striking right he addresses Chief Justice Roberts, Pres. Carter, President Clinton, President Bush present Obama fellow Americans, people of the world. Thank you. We the citizens of America are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild re-bill our country to restore its promise for all of our people so you're sitting there.

You're your outgoing Pres. Obama and the new guy coming in is talking about re-building our country. That means it is fallen down. That means it is collapse. That means it needs to be built back up again you civil what happened the last eight years. Yeah, solicit again.

He is not the first one to use expressions like that you like to JFK and it's time to get a roof to renew the nation and things and always coming in after Eisenhower and in his eyes, and our countries be rebuilt after World War II and things like that in Eisenhower and others that that you know in in in the aftermath here so it is not unusual to do it but you think boom.

Talk about a slap in the face of the previous president in the previous administration saying we have to re-build our nation may picture this. I'm on radio for eight years and then I go off the air and you come on as the new radio hostess, it's time to be to rebuild this radio hour. It's time to rebuild the station yeah it's it's a slap. Obviously it's thought through. Obviously, it is done with intent, but yeah II believe America in many critical ways has gone backwards in the last eight years under Pres. Obama summits and going backwards longer that under other presence.

That's fine so I'm I'm all for that just given my comments I'm weighing in with my thoughts that the start your speech say it is time to re-build America is certainly slap in the face president.

Either way, let it be a time of national goals and restoration grace of God this is Michael Brown] is an error on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution of your exam is Dr. Michael Brown welcome welcome to the line of fire. This is Michael Brown. Again, hope you will enjoy the guest host for last week as I was ministering in Singapore. Great fruitful trip with some great precious believers in Singapore not taking any calls today but will be back to take your calls tomorrow, but I am analyzing just parts of Donald Trump's inaugural speech talk about some of the response to it. I mentioned in the last segment that he started talking about gave his speech talk about time to rebuild and restore nation which obviously seems like a slap on the previous administration. Listen to how John F. Kennedy began his speech January 20, 1961 VP Johnson Mr. Speaker Anna addresses everyone there reverend clergy fellow citizens we observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom symbolizing an end as well as a beginning signifying renewal, as well as change so so again this is this is not an uncommon theme but it does in many ways say that we need renewal. We need rebuild. We need change after the previous administration, but enough with that. Let's read a few more segments of pieces today will determine the course of America and the world for years to come will face challenges confront hardships that will get the job done.

He commands the Pres. and First Lady for their gracious aid to the transition so they been significant abuses were not merely transferring power today from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington DC and giving it back to you.

The American people. Now this is really a frontal assault on the DC political establishment. This is really very clearly saying that there are changes that must come because Washington politics have dominated the nation in the in the bin for their good, not for the good of the nation will see how he delivers on the promise. I do believe he's serious about it.

Believe what he says. Every is direct some of the people are Chuck Schumer who gave a brief speech just a few minutes earlier. He's he's gotta be one of the people at Donald Trump. Inclusiveness for too long, a small group of our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people are born, the cost Washington flourished with the people and assurance. While politicians prospered with jobs left in the factories close. This is boom slap in the face of the political establishment. The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country. Does this right in Washington DC again you're talking about divine wrecking ball or wrecking ball.

However, we will look at it. Your timeout take on the world right here in earlier in the day.

Pastor Robert Jefferson, a brief message that he gave Dr. Dobson spoke and and James Robison spoke and prayed.

Different key leaders were involved in this in this prayer service on the morning of the inauguration.

It's striking that Robert Jefferson talked about the opposition to Nehemiah building the walls of Jerusalem building the city of sound volatile by these enemies of of Judah, and he compared that to today's mainstream media is what war is being declared in that regard, and he says the whole thing is, the government must be controlled by the people generally 20th 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again will lead let it be so.

Let our elected officials.

Officials carry out our bidding. It is quite striking that he talked about the case of the inner cities mothers and children trapped in poverty and earnest it is rusted out factory scattered like tombstones across the landscape or nation in education system flush with cash, but which leaves are young and beautiful students deprived knowledge of the crime and gangs and drugs of stone to Verizon Robert because you so much and realize potential. This American car stops right here and stops right now, that's not your normal tone with you like it or not, that's not your normal tone. It's only a much more positive picture that's being painted and forth for those who question whether Trump cares about the inner cities whether Trump has a heart for the inner cities and things like that. I just just want to say that it seems he does care about this. He says this American carnage stops right here and stops right now were one nation and their pain is our pain, their dreams are dreams their success.

We are a success and he says the oath of office. I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans now strikingly you gods this March for women against Trump that took place getting massive coverage.

You've got Madonna talk about how she'd like to bomb the White House dropping F bombs on national TV you got Ashley Judd saying profane and ugly things about Donald Trump. The opposition in that respect with your approach Trump or not. You gotta be ashamed of the opposition in the media. Of course, is this wall-to-wall coverage about the March for life care coverage that get this matter. The numbers are five or 10 times bigger no-no was going to get the coverage is the radical left attacking the president. That's what's gonna get the coverage not a pro-life march in again. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know this. Chris Matthews referred to the Hitler Aryan tone of of the speech.

Again, if if you look at in the worst possible construct that we are becoming more and more nationalistic.

We are becoming more and more America centric to the expense of the rest of the world and in we've elected someone who's news like this demagogue and what's he going to do and so on and so forth.

I can understand that that you have this worst-case scenario, but please look at things soberly give honest reflection and assessment don't react emotionally, ask yourself about the people that are surrounding Donald Trump asked about his cabinet picks, ask about other choices he's made and ask yourself yeah I understand your concern was to get to do with an executive order is even spark a world war with with one of his tweets or something like that. I understand the concerns and I don't minimize your concerns.

I would only say this. Do not be reactionary.

Do not be hysterical when Barack Obama was elected people are calling telling me he's a Muslim and he's the antichrist and this and that is much as I have poured some of his policies. I rejected those ideas and those theories yet he's got great sympathy for Islam's human apologist was vomited look at him as a Muslim believe he was a Muslim and he certainly was antichrist all know it wasn't antichrist was gone. Trump as it did drop it drop it drop. He is our president. And even if you are shocked and grieved.

Pray for him and do not be reactionary by the way is very first speech as president. He says three words at Barack Obama basically would not say freight years radical Islamic terrorism. I'm not going to the speech and saying great speech bad speech. I'm just going through some points with you hate be on the lookout were you be announcing this very soon. The Dr. Brown aptly asked Dr. Brown app at long last be on the lookout for it will be telling you about it shortly and stand with us to stay with us in ministry. In this new year as we are on the front lines is your voice a ball sanity and spiritual clarity join our team, torchbearer of the many special benefits go to the website asked Dr. Brown a SK bar Brown Ward click on the thanks of liver cleansing by the Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown your voice and more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown thank Brown delighted to be back with you after wonderful and intensive week of ministry in Singapore only take your calls today, but looking forward to your calls. The rest of the week on the broadcast doorway and some thoughts on the inaugural speech of Donald Trump some reaction to the speech and the first press conference with the new White House press secretary basically ripped into the media for what he said was false reporting and issues like that wrong reporting on the numbers of the people in the crowd inaugural the Inauguration Day and this is the most viewed inauguration ever and things like that, let me just say this I don't know the man, the press secretary ever say have no access to him but common sense tells you when you come in with a certain tone you're going to get a certain reaction and these are people that you get to be working with in years to come. So, good verse for the new White House press secretary is Proverbs chapter 15 verse one that a harsh word stirs up strife, but a gentle tongue breaks the bone that are gentle tongue season is Proverbs 25 breaks the bone it soft answer, gentle tongue turns away wrath it. It softens things so you can say hey were just getting started here this is you know the first day your first days as this administration and are ready. There is some inaccurate reporting in, and things like that so hey can can I ask you, let's do our best to just be truthful.

You may like president Trump you may not like Pres. Trump, but how about we all commit to doing our best to be truthful.

How does that work and obviously you're going to be combative. Everything is going to explode and it's not going to make you look good I was. I was frankly shocked by the tone. This is just the other thing starts. It's like if if you're a coworker or employer. So when you call someone in your office. Aqueous have a chat for minute and you can annexes it made you wrong. I just wanted a new land tone like okay maybe, maybe not the best way to start to be constructive, so let the false reports be exposed.

Let the quote fake news be exposed. Let the media biases be exposed, and obviously you've got people in the media flipping out over the Donald Trump speech. Perhaps one of the more extreme remarks to Chris Matthews, MSNBC, referring to the tone is as Hitler. Aryan will yeah I those reactions extreme need to be exposed need to be confronted need to be addressed.

For sure, and then those who make it like Donald Trump, the Savior, they are they are also looking at things wrongly, and looked, you can make all kinds of promises in your inaugural speech.

Note Donald Trump talk about the carnage of the inner cities president Trump saying this American carnage stops right here and stops right now while it's in the midst of his inaugural speech. The very most, he could possibly mean in the very most, we should take them to mean is Raymond deal with this in the coming years. And when we do our best to put an end to this and around cities. That's obviously what he's saying and 70 say I I hear positive I am. That's means like militarism. That means is going to take over and in and in a police us like never before and crusher up. You may hurt in different ways, but it's right it's inaugural speech rhetoric. We understand that he was not stopping. The whole thing right, then nothing changes in the inner city. At that moment in some of the gang said okay we throw away our weapons and turn in our drugs and in family suddenly got reunited job suddenly appeared.

We understand that so let's not get our hopes in the wrong place. Let us pray hard for president because he is in our president.

Like it or not, dislike brought abolished by Pres. like it or not and then we're supposed God's people make different grade that gives the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH dear Jim is Dr. Michael Brown right. Let's let's dive back into the inaugural speech of Donald Trump you missed any part of the broadcast. Go to my radio website.

The line of fire.org just click on listen. Within a few hours of the broadcast be completed or Greek team has it online for you to listen to while you're there, check out our latest articles latest video special resource offers donor support team. You can do that all at the line of fire.org okay one of the biggest controversies with Donald Trump's inaugural speech was the America first emphasis, and of course this is part of the populism that got Donald Trump elected this part of the populace and that's rising up in Europe I was speaking to one of our grads who leads our ministry in in in Holland needs of fire off our school ministry fire church in Holland and he was talk about the rising tide of nationalism in Europe and what could be happening in France.

What could be happening in Holland and there's a pushback is not in an immigrant hating thing. It's a pushback against the loss of the nation.

It's a pushback against that the sense that the nations being taken from us or the others with other interest or taking over the country and we don't like it. So were taking back our country that that's that's a rising tide not just in America but in other nations.

So, Donald Trump says for many decades we've rich foreign industry at the expense of American industry subsidize the armies of other countries, while allowing for the very said depletion of our military we've defended of the nation's borders were refusing to defend our own and spend trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. We made other countries where it rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our countries disappeared over the horizon. One by one the factories shuddered and left our shores with not even a thought about the millions upon millions of American workers left behind the wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and redistributed across the entire world is that is the past. Now, looking only to the future we assembled here today we assembled here. They are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city and every foreign capital every hall of power from this day forward a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it's going to be America first. Now, on the one hand that can sound very frat threatening and very scary look at this, we assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city and every foreign capital and in every hall of power that this said, you hear me in London. Hear me in Moscow and hear me in Paris and and hear me in Tehran and hear us. America around the world.

From this day forward and visual garland for this moment on, it's going to be America first of that consume selfish that can see separatist that can seem threatening. I understand all of that but I have more to say. He says every decision on trade on taxes and immigration foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers and American families must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products stealing our companies and destroy our jobs protection will lead to great prosperity and strength of five through every breath in my body. I'll never ever let you down by what I believe he's going to give himself wholeheartedly to the cause you to work hard to give himself to like it or not of it. But he goes on and and and says says this says this will bring our jobs back bring back reporters bring back her wellspring record dreams will be Rose, how is Bridges Airport startles railways all across our wonderful nation and these are kinds of things it presents a good essay, rebuild the country does wonderful things. I will follow to Subarus by American and higher Americans will American incomes used all around the world and in American products are sold around the world TOUR benefit were buying from around the world. What's what's sexy saying. Was it me as far as importing cars and importing silly things that we use oats.

Obviously questions to come up that he says this was a friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world that we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first so I have two different reactions to the America first statement the strength of it can sound a little scary.

The strength of it can make you wonder okay what does this actually mean what what is actually to happen if if I live in another country on a leader in another country and we been producing goods in and send them into America for for many many years and we have a lot of immigration going on to America with let's say your doctor in India you get educated very often come to America finish education here that the work is Dr. in America you could make more money in the system works better for you and what second mean I can understand all these questions coming up and we shall see what it means, but on the flipside, what nation does not have their own best interest first. I mean what's so radical about saying America first.

Doesn't Mexico City, Mexico, first this encounter this in Canada first does name is England first, then rushes a Russian first this in Israel say Israel first is Egypt's age of first go around the world. What what nation has as their model our country.

Second, so it again. Notice what he says we will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world, but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests versus we expect you to do the same thing were doing the sale. We can work together so it remains to be seen how this will actually play out. And here's the other thing the world needs American be strong. America remains an incredibly influential nation on the planet. The most influential nation on the planet. The people in Singapore that I spoke to work were quite with me on the fact that as America goes, the world goes in America has a tremendous worldwide influence like I've been overseas ministry trips overseas more than 150 different times is a lot of travel trust. We have spent three years of my life probably jetlagged. Okay, I have spent several years of my life ministering overseas and meeting with believers in other countries and and working with leaders in talking to leaders and secular leaders as well as Christian leaders and things like that. America's massively influential as our nation goes for better or worse the whole world is affected so the world needs America to be strong, but America to be strong also means America that cares about the rest of the world and says how can we help the rest of the world so we got ourselves strong and that we help the rest of the world. That's good we get our ourselves strong in with the rest of the world suffered that's not good that's not good. So hopefully it will be the former. Rather, rather than the latter.

We do not seek to impose our way of life in anyone but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow, but America shot because there's a lot of good in our nation and a lot that is not good a lot that's wonderful and a lot that's grievous we will reinforce old alliances and for new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth. Not that actually happen that would be a miracle that would be beyond expectation to parrot back dramatically would be amazing enough.

But notice in his inaugural speech. He said the three words which Barack Obama or former Pres. and Hillary Clinton who wanted to be our president.

Now former Secretary of State Clinton. These were three words.

They basically refused to say I mean, they might've said look I can say the words to incentive but they would not ever say them in a strategic way they would never ever address them.

So I'm glad that Pres. Trump said that in his very first speech. Again, you can hear it is a hyper print patriotism a hyper populism, hyper nationalism that that is dangerous. But at the same time he says when you open your heart to patriotism. There is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity or someone 33 exactly what brethren dwell together, live together in unity, but that's it perfectly acceptable paraphrase, how good and pleasant is when God's people live together in unity.

We must speak our minds openly debate our disagreements, honestly, but always pursue solidarity when Americans United America is totally unstoppable.

Of course, reactions to that from the liberal elite have been well then I can take anything positive with that because they see him as a divisive dangerous figure in the president and filmmaker Michael Moore as left-wing as they common in Hollywood spoke of the women's march on Washington Saturday say we're here to validly act valid and the Trump carnage and Monday call this number. Call your representative centers number one, we do not accept Betsy Betty divorce is a Secretary of Education that stay will make it part of your daily routine. Hey, make the phone calls as I can stop anything. It's not going to change anything but it would not surprise me if for years to come.

People sin is not my president regarding teacher, we gotta get rid of him just remember this, so if you were wanting said Barack Obama's not my president then don't you dare criticize some of the says Donald Trump is not how about equal weights and measures and standards as we come back to the ship.

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As a result of us coming to Singapore in the appreciate the believers their standing with us very generous giving people the people who've been prospered in amazing ways and love to share in the work of Jorge the people Singapore are helping us broadcast in America think of that habit you standing with us to pray with us join our support team. We are indebted to you as we work together for the gospel will I've waited with some thoughts on the speech of our new president Donald Trump and again I remind you, I remind you that for eight years in the midst of my issues with Barack Obama as president, I said emphatically. He's my president. This is just the way it works. So if for eight years in Barack Obama's not my president, and now you're upset with people's incomes that my president wrote your hypocrite your hypocrite. Sorry.

Set your hypocrite and and if you said three years Barack Obama is my president, then you can expect other people say that MY present you can you can oppose the policies you can speak against the policies he resists them. You can, you would say this is wrong and I'm still a state of righteousness find this is your president. That's the reality. Get used to it. President Donald Trump get used to it. That is reality is far-fetched and impossible as it seemed, and pray because even those that voted for Donald Trump with some reluctance, we know there's great potential. We see how God could use another fearless waited take on things like radical Islamic and and take on the, the, the political establishment take on the radical left. And all these things we we see that you know and help to defund Planned Parenthood. The point righteous justices to the Supreme Court, things like that we see only views but fully understand the potential dangers of how divisions can be intensified and and and dignity respectfully lost in who knows what, conflict could be started despite tweak so pray. Either way, you need to pray with your degree and living to citizens speech and Donald Trump is learning to use the Teleprompter better. His speeches for four months were just more colic winging it at all and a lot of spontaneous and flow of conscience conscious. This kind of thing is that once call full consciousness. Were you when I meet this guy let things out and say what's on his mind and and he said he speaks much better like that, but he was too is too volatile and and is people worked with him. Towards the end that they pull the men more so he just be reading speeches in his extemporaneous comments when get in trouble but reading from the Teleprompter was painful for me as a speaker to offer to listen and you know just is very stiff and looked once I follow to the words Barack Obama was seamless 70 was an absolute master of the Teleprompter and and and eloquent in the way he would deliver it and he was he was much weaker extemporaneously, but at the end. At the end of Trump speech. I think that's the best I've heard him of the Teleprompter we starts to to build up and get some energy going a little be ignored again in particular will make America strong again. You know what's coming in and with great right will make merit will make will we will make wealthy again to left out America. I will make America proud again will make America safe again yesterday and will make America great again. Thank God bless you.

God bless America site.

I thought he ended as powerfully as he had before, and in yes he had a number of born-again believers praying over him, probably Paula White the most controversial but but when she was criticized by Dr. Michael Horton respected theologian when he criticized her and and is an example of extreme prosperity preaching and denying gospel fundamentals a thing as a New York Times op-ed piece, she responded with a very strong statement say show this response to critics with excessively false and find on suffering is that in the essay we firemen prosperity and she holds to the fundamentals of the gospel, and so on and so forth. But for the most controversial of those that that pray but you had people boldly praying in the name of Jesus, and quite a difference from Pres. Obama's last inauguration.

We had openly gay minister pray quite a quite a difference. Or I a gay affirming minister pray but I just want to shift gears for for the couple minutes. I have M Dennis Prager great radio host, a great thinker Jewish thinker Dennis Prager on desperado.com put out a guide to basic differences between left and right and I just will run through some of these quickly as it does help sort through some of the ideologies that were looking at in our country today. Of that, what comes to the source of human rights for the lefties of his government for the right is the creator human nature. The view the left basically good. Therefore society is primarily responsible for evil, the right not basically good. Therefore, the individual is personally responsible for evil economic goal for the left equality for the right prosperity primary role of the state left increase and protect equality, the right increase and protect liberty. The government for the left as large as possible for the right smallest possible family ideals left any loving unit of people for the right, a married father and mother and children.

The guiding Trinity of the left race, gender and class.

The guiding Trinity for the right liberty in God we trust in e pluribus unum good and evil for the left relative to individual and or society so and in the view of the left good and evil are relative the individual or society for the right based on universal absolutes humanity's primary divisions for the left, rich and poor strong week for the right good and evil. See if I've got time for a few more of these, the ideal primary identity of an American for the left. The world citizen for the right. The American citizen how to make a good society for the left.

Abolishing equality for the right develop each citizen's moral character view of America for the left profoundly, morally flawed and inferior to any number of European countries for the right greatest force for good among nations and world history comes to gender for the left, the social contract for the right to construct, excuse me for the right male and female worth a human fetus for the left turn by the mother for the right to turn by society rooted in Judeo-Christian values great insights. Good analysis. I was to simplify, but certainly worthwhile.

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God bless you my bottom line you're about to enter into some volatile days in American history. Pray and act of God, our 45th president Donald Trump stage for the line of fire with your host activist and author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH. That's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown pay friends Michael Brown is so good to be back to listen to my voice right now I am somewhere in the air in route from Singapore back to the United States so delighted to be with you had an awesome week of ministry in Singapore. Hope you enjoyed the special guest host we had last week. I hope there were blessing to you with some great gifted folks and confident. They did a really good job had a great time ministry in Singapore give you report on that in a moment, but it was somewhat surreal to be in Singapore and what it was like around midnight Singapore time because we were 13 hours ahead of East Coast time to see the midnight what may be one in the morning when Pres. Trump was officially inaugurated and for many. I know it's a real, some never thought would would happen surreal positively surreal negatively understand the great range of emotions that's out there and it was just even more interesting for me being so far removed every the long long distance from Washington DC being in Singapore watching and then you know with international news coverage and things like that international BBC news coverage like that. It was it was really really interesting and of course America is massively divided yet. We've been divided over past presidents. But I'd say were in an even more fractured divided state right now and obviously is God's people. The one thing we don't want to do is be reactionary. We want to be fair-minded. We want to be prayerful. We we want to do our best to not get caught up in partisan politics and we we want to unify among ourselves, regardless of whether were happy or not with president Donald Trump being our 40th president, 45th president to go through some of his inaugural speech and and share some thoughts with you and talk about some of the things happening in response to Donald Trump's inaugural speech but let me first say something to everyone listening. If you consider yourself a Bible believer of God's word has authority in your life and you know the calling that is on our lives to honor and respect authorities Peter could even write. And Paul could write, exhorting us to honor the, the Emperor of Rome and things like that when you talk about probably a wicked, often violently wicked leader and yet the office was to be honored. So I absolutely opposed many of Barack Obama's policies I worn before he was elected needed need to be a rocket scientist to see this that he would be the most radically pro-gay activists pro-abortion president in our history, and I question where he stood on the nation of Israel. Be still my president. Like it or not, he was our elected president under our system, and that makes him my president. Every election, there are millions and millions of people, almost half the nation. In some cases numbers wise over half the nation in terms of those who voted who say why I didn't vote for the man I didn't vote for it for that person understood.

That's the way it works. Nonetheless, that person is your president so I just want to encourage you to recognize that and to have it added to the respect for the office. If you profoundly different with the man if you're profoundly concerned about his policies. His words, if you are grieved. Pray for him but he's your president just on my president will if that's what half of America did with every election that we have no government we have no country would function at all.

So I did not like Barack Obama being our president, but he was our president and he was my president and I differed with him. I differ with him with the respect that the presidential office deserves of let's do the same about us and what side were on president come from a scriptural level that makes sense to soap look at the inaugural speech of Donald Trump. This is Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual file.

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Thanks much for joining us on the line are this is Michael Brown delighted to be with you for all of you who prayed for me while ministering in Singapore.

Thank you so much.

I really appreciated.

We had a great series of meetings of the first night I met with a number of business leaders, key business people in Singapore church leaders and just give a call for courage to stand to do the right thing not to be confrontational in a provocative Tory way.

But whether righteousness is used to stand for righteousness and to be people of courage and people of wisdom. We had a great time there and then the next morning I was asked to prepare a three hour PowerPoint presentation that was going to be videotaped and shown to youth pastors and leaders throughout Asia is to questions of redefining marriage questions of LGBT activism, scriptural principles, how to respond and I close the presentation with five warnings five things we've done wrong in the church of American terms of dealing with gay activist issues, beginning with failing to have a real baptism of love for the LGBT community and and then secondly are our own failings in the church no-fault divorce in the church and scandals among leaders and things like that that that took away her moral authority and open the door for other changes to, and then are our failure to speak up boldly offer our cowardice as leaders that we rather have a reputation. We rather have our RR secure people giving our church and all have our money secure in our giving, secure, our number secure rather than speak the truth and let the chips fall where they may.

So got into that had a great time with the folks there and then the next night after some other meetings during the days the next night got to speak on Israel and the resurrection of the data.

I'm hoping to get that video of the message and put it on YouTube, but you may have watched it on Facebook live adjuster in the course of the message reached over 300,000 people are asked Dr. Brown Facebook page and I think it's real eye-opening message Israel and the resurrection of the dead and spoke at all five services for cornerstone Community Church. They have 19 different services over the weekend in multiple languages locations. Great bunch of folks are brought five messages on why we don't have more revival and each message was a different message but on the same seem so were hoping at some of those up on YouTube as well, but thank you for praying fruitful trip about all roughly 30 hours travel in each direction and are looking forward to taking your calls on the broadcast again tomorrow, but today because of travel back from Singapore not taking any calls. Sharing my thoughts about Donald Trump's inaugural speech. Let me also lay out a principal for you which is don't use unequal weights and measures don't use unequal weights and measures one point mean well just hold the same standard for people you like is for people you don't like hold the same standard for your own camp is for another Don't evaluate harshly those that you differ with and then let off the hook.

Those you agree with and like just be fair and equal throughout the Old Testament there are warnings about using unequal weights and measures on unequal stones. If you have you have these things post away the same amount but but one was was heavy and the other was light and you would tip the scales.

Accordingly, no, don't do that.

That's unjust.

And God hates that.

So let me just give you an example.

There are people who are calling Donald Trump a sexual predator and an they take literally comments that he made a claim was just locker talking the way was gross, vulgarly apologize for either way it horrific and unacceptable.

From what 1011 years ago, but just say he did the things that he talked about and and let's say that women who make charges against that he groped them things like that.

Let's just say that those are true.

He claims their false he was gonna sue if he wasn't.

I was told he was elected he was gonna sue those people and if he was elected with this, was and let it go. But you know if if those things are true, and if people are outraged and how can a man like that be in the White House. I understand that. I just hope that you were equally outraged about Bill Clinton and from what I can tell there was more evidence and more damning evidence against Bill Clinton and against Donald Trump. In that regard about justifying on that single one was really really really bad and it was kinda bad no no. I'm simply saying that if you have outrage over one that's fine as long as an outrage over the other, or look at this. How do you evaluate evidence. How do you evaluate evidence if there is negative evidence presented against someone you like you to look for ways to dismiss it and disprove it and I don't think that's accurate you hear a news report against someone that that that sees me someone that you you do like your news report negative news report about someone that you do like your own.

Now I question that. I wonder, but if that negative news report was about someone you don't like you yet that's right so I just want to encourage you to be equal handed evenhanded, excuse me, equal weight equal measures. Even hand is. Is that too much to ask for and hate. I'm asking it of myself. It's it's not always easy because we as human beings can easily become partisan, we can do it so I'm just saying if if every day you are on Barack Obama's case and you criticized him and you looked at him a certain way and he what he was out of the antichrist to you and now people sale. Donald Trump is like Hitler knew that outraged hey was good for the goose is good for the gander. Right. So all I'm saying is be even handed be level headed. Is that too much to ask for those of us who are supposed to be the people of God are right Donald Trump speech. He said that I read one report that said while this was a great speech because he only use the word I just a few times, but he kept saying we we we we throughout the speech and they said you know that's different than Barack Obama, who often talked about himself and it was III know he has made speeches. The question is, made speeches, we perpetually refers to himself and people would count in on this one speech use the word I is 63 times or something like that. But I decided to do a check is still inside the military is what Donald Trump said the inauguration always of the speech is wrong about him and me me me and that that was there criticism so I decided to do a check and I easily found the website that is all the longer speeches of all of our presence of sugar bunches of websites that have that so II didn't search for me I just search for. I try so II search for I with the space afterwards would be that the word I and then look through it and counted and and then look the same way for for we and over and over and over and over. President after president after president there in our inaugural speech is AI a few times and overwhelmingly say we we we we in fact Barack Obama's first speech, which was one of the lungs. I checked so his is inauguration 2009 after being elected in 2008.

He said we.

If I got my fax right. He said we more than Donald Trump did and I less than Donald Trump.

So let's not make the superficial comparisons Donald Trump did what what president after president after president adequately what they have done in their inaugural speech is which is constant, but the emphasis on we we we we we the people you all of you, and very little said about themselves. So what he did was in keeping with that customer. Obviously, any good speechwriter would be fully aware of that. But here's what I find very striking right he addresses Chief Justice Roberts, Pres. Carter, President Clinton, President Bush present Obama fellow Americans, people of the world. Thank you.

We the citizens of America are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild re-bill our country to restore its promise for all of our people so you're sitting there. You're your outgoing Pres. Obama and the new guy coming in is talking about re-building our country. That means it is fallen down.

That means it is collapse. That means it needs to be built back up again you civil what happened the last eight years. Yeah, specialist again. He is not the first one to use expressions like that you like to JFK and it's time to get a roof to renew the nation things and always coming in after Eisenhower and in his eyes, and our countries be rebuilt after World War II and things like that in Eisenhower and others that that you know in in in the aftermath here so it is not unusual to do it but you think Bloom talk about a slap in the face of the previous president in the previous administration saying we have to re-build our nation may picture this. I'm on radio for eight years and then I go off the air and you come on as the new radio hostess, it's time to be to rebuild this radio hour.

It's time to rebuild the station yeah it's it's a slap. Obviously it's thought through. Obviously, it is done with intent, but yeah II believe America in many critical ways has gone backwards in the last eight years under Pres. Obama supports him going backwards longer that under other presence. That's fine so I'm I'm all for that just given my comments I'm weighing in with my thoughts that the start your speed saying it is time to re-build America is certainly slap in the face present.

Either way, let it be a time of national and restoration grace of God this is Michael Brown right back is an error on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown, the voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution of your exam is Dr. Michael Brown welcome welcome to the line of fire. This is Michael Brown. Again, hope you will enjoy the guest host for last week as I was ministering in Singapore. Great fruitful trip with some great precious believers in Singapore not taking any calls today but will be back to take your calls tomorrow.

I am analyzing just parts of Donald Trump's inaugural speech talk about some of the response to it.

I mentioned in the last segment that he started talking about we gave his speech talk about time to rebuild and restore nation which obviously seems like a slap in the previous administration. Listen to how John F. Kennedy began his speech January 20, 1961 VP Johnson Mr. Speaker Anna addresses everyone there reverend clergy fellow citizens we observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom symbolizing an end as well as a beginning signifying renewal, as well as change so so again this is this is not an uncommon theme but it does in many ways say that we need renewal. We need rebuild. We need change after the previous administration, but enough with that. Let's read a few more segments you he says today will determine the course of America and the world for years to come will face challenges confront hardships that will get the job done. He commands the Pres. and First Lady for their gracious aid to the transition so they been significant abuses were not merely transferring power today from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington DC and giving it back to you. The American people.

Now this is really a frontal assault on the DC political establishment. This is really very clearly saying that there are changes that must come because Washington politics have dominated the nation in the in the bin for their good, not for the good of the nation will see how he delivers on the promise. I do believe he's serious about it. Believe what he says. Ebony is direct some of the people are Chuck Schumer who gave a brief speech just a few minutes earlier. He's he's gotta be one of the people at Donald Trump.

Inclusiveness for too long, a small group at our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people are born, the cost Washington flourished with the people in assurance 12 politicians prospered with jobs left in the factories close. This is Bloom slap in the face of the political establishment.

The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country. Does this right in Washington DC again you're talking about divine wrecking ball or wrecking ball. Her we would look at it.

Your timeout taking on the world right here in earlier in the day. Pastor Robert Jefferson, a brief message that he gave Dr. Dobson spoke and and James Robison spoke and prayed. Different key leaders were involved in this in this prayer service on the morning of the inauguration. It's striking that Robert Jefferson talked about the opposition to Nehemiah building the walls of Jerusalem building the city up sound volatile by these enemies of of Judah and he compare that to today's mainstream media is what war is being declared in that regard, and he says the whole thing is, the government must be controlled by the people generally 20th 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again will lead let it be so. Let our elected officials. Officials carry out our bidding. It is quite striking that he talked about the case of the inner cities mothers and children trapped in poverty and earnest cities rusted out factory scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation and education system flush with cash, but which leaves are young and beautiful students deprived knowledge of the crime and gangs and drugs of stone to Verizon robber because you so much and realize potential. This American car stops right here and stops right now, that's not your normal tone with you like it or not, that's not your normal tone. It's only a much more positive picture that's being painted and for for those who question whether Trump cares about the inner cities whether Trump has a heart for the inner cities and things like that. I just just want to say that it seems he does care about this. He says this American carnage stops right here and stops right now were one nation and their pain is our pain, their dreams, our dreams, their success. We are a success and he says the oath of office. I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans now strikingly you gods this March for women against Trump that took place getting massive coverage.

You've got Madonna talk about how she'd like to bomb the White House dropping F bombs on national TV you got Ashley Judd saying profane and ugly things about Donald Trump.

The opposition in that respect with your approach Trump or not. You gotta be ashamed of the opposition in the media. Of course, is this wall-to-wall coverage about the March for life care coverage that get this matter.

The numbers are five or 10 times bigger no-no was going to get the coverage is the radical left attacking the president. That's what's gonna get the coverage not a pro-life march again. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know this. Chris Matthews referred to the Hitler Aryan tone of the speech. Again, if if you look at in the worst possible construct that we are becoming more and more nationalistic. We are becoming more and more America centric to the expense of the rest of the world and in we've elected someone who's news like this demagogue and what's he going to do and so on and so forth.

I can understand that that you have this worst-case scenario, but please look at things soberly give honest reflection and assessment don't react emotionally, ask yourself about the people that are surrounding Donald Trump asked about his cabinet picks, ask about other choices he's made and ask yourself yeah I understand your concern was to get to do with an executive order is even a sparkle world war with with one of his tweets or something like that. I understand the concerns and I don't minimize your concerns. I would only say this. Do not be reactionary. Do not be hysterical when Barack Obama was elected people are calling telling me he's a Muslim and he's the antichrist and this and that is much as I poured some of his policies. I rejected those ideas and those theories yet he's got great sympathy for Islam's human apologist was dominant look at him as a Muslim believe it was a Muslim and he certainly was antichrist all know it was antichrist was gone.

Trump as it did drop it drop it drop. He is our president. And even if you are shocked and grieved. Pray for him and do not be reactionary by the way is very first speech as president. He says three words that Barack Obama basically would not say freight years radical Islamic terrorism. I'm not going to the speech and say great speech bad speech. I'm just going through some points with you hate be on the lookout were to be announcing this very soon. The Dr. Brown aptly asked Dr. Brown app at long last be on the lookout for it will be telling you about it shortly and stand with us to stay with us in ministry. In this new year as we are on the front lines is your voice a ball sanity and spiritual clarity join our team become a torchbearer in the many special benefits go to the website asked Dr. Brown a SK bar Brown.Ward click on thanks for cleansing in the Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown your voice and more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown thank Brown delighted to be back with you after wonderful and intensive week of ministry in Singapore only take your calls today, but looking forward to your calls. The rest of the week on the broadcast away in some thoughts on the inaugural speech of Donald Trump some reaction to the speech and the first press conference with the new White House press secretary basically ripped into the media for what he said was false reporting and issues like that wrong reporting on the numbers of the people in the crowd inaugural the inauguration day and this is the most viewed inauguration ever and things like that, let me just say this I don't know the man, the press secretary say have no access to him but common sense tells you when you come in with a certain tone you're going to get a certain reaction and these are people that you get to be working with in years to come. So, good verse for the new White House press secretary is Proverbs chapter 15 verse one that a harsh word stirs up strife, but a gentle tongue breaks the bone that are gentle tongue season is Proverbs 25 breaks the bone it soft answer, gentle tongue turns away wrath it.

It softens things so you can say hey were just getting started here this is you know the first day of our first days as this administration and are ready. There is some inaccurate reporting in, and things like that so he can can I ask you, let's do our best to just be truthful. You may like president Trump you may not like Pres. Trump, but how about we all commit to doing our best to be truthful.

How does that work and obviously you're going to be combative. Everything is going to explode and it's not going to make you look good I was.

I was frankly shocked by the tone. This is just the other thing starts. It's like if if your your coworker or employer. So when you call someone in your office. Aqueous have a chat for a minute and you can annexes it made you wrong.

I just wanted a new land tone like okay maybe, maybe not the best way to start to be constructive, so let the false reports be exposed.

Let the quote fake news be exposed. Let the media biases be exposed, and obviously you've got people in the media flipping out over the Donald Trump speech. Perhaps one of the more extreme remarks to Chris Matthews, MSNBC, referring to the tone is as Hitler. Aryan will yeah I those reactions extreme need to be exposed need to be confronted need to be addressed. For sure, and then those who make it like Donald Trump, the Savior, they are they are also looking at things wrongly, and look, you can make all kinds of promises in your inaugural speech. You know Donald Trump talk about the carnage of the inner cities president Trump saying this American carnage stops right here and stops right now while it's in the midst of his inaugural speech. The very most, he could possibly mean in the very most, we should take him to mean is what women deal with this in the coming years. And when we do our best to to put an end to this and around cities. That's obviously what he's saying and 70 say I I can hear positive I am. That means like militarism. That means is going to take over and in in a police us like never before and crusher up. You may hurt in different ways, but it's right it's inaugural speech rhetoric. We understand that he was not stopping.

The whole thing right, then nothing changes in the inner city. At that moment. It's on the gang said okay we throw away our weapons and turn in our drugs and in family suddenly got reunited job suddenly appeared.

We understand that so let's not get our hopes in the wrong place. Let us pray hard for president because he is in our president. Like it or not, does like rock, followed by Pres. like it or not and then we're supposed God's people make different right that gives the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire down by calling 866-34-TRUTH dear Jim is Dr. Michael Brown right. Let's let's dive back into the inaugural speech of Donald Trump you missed any part of the broadcast. Go to my radio website. The line of fire.org just click on listen. Within a few hours of the broadcast be completed or Greek team has it online for you to listen to while you're there, check out our latest articles latest video special resource offers join our support team. You can do that all at the line of fire.org okay one of the biggest controversies with Donald Trump's inaugural speech was the America first emphasis, and of course this is part of the populism that got Donald Trump elected this part of the populace and that's rising up in Europe I was speaking to one of our grads who leads our ministry in in in Holland needs of fire of our school ministry and fire church in Holland and he was talk about the rising tide of nationalism in Europe and what could be happening in France.

What could be happening in Holland and there's a pushback is not an immigrant hating thing. It's a pushback against the loss of the nation. It's a pushback against that the sense that the nations being taken from us or the others with other interest or taking over the country and we don't like it.

So were taking back our country that that's that's a rising tide not just in America but in other nations. So, Donald Trump says for many decades we've enriched our industry at the expense of American industry subsidize the armies of other countries, while allowing for the very said depletion of our military we've defended of the nation's borders were refusing to defend our own and spend trillions of dollars overseas will America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. We made other countries where it rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our countries disappeared over the horizon. One by one the factories shuddered and left our shores with not even a thought about the millions upon millions of American workers left behind the wealth of our middle class is been ripped from their homes and redistributed across the entire world is that is the past. Now, looking only to the future we assembled here today we assembled here. They are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city and every foreign capital every hall of power from this day forward a new vision will govern our land.

For this moment on, it's going to be America first. Now, on the one hand that can sound very frat threatening and very scary look at this, we assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city and every foreign capital and in every hall of power that they sent you hear me in London.

Hear me in Moscow and hear me in Paris and and hear me in Tehran and hear us. America around the world for this day for the visual garland for this moment on, it's going to be America first of that consume selfish that can see separatist that can seem threatening. I understand all of that but I have more to say. He says every decision entr�e on taxes and immigration foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers and American families must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products stealing our companies and destroy our jobs protection will lead to great prosperity and strength of fights with every breath in my body. I'll never ever let you down by what I believe he's going to give himself wholeheartedly to the cause you to work hard to give himself to like it or not of it.

But he goes on and and and says says this is this will bring our jobs back bring back her borders bring back her wellspring record dreams will be Rose, how is Bridges Airport startles railways all across our wonderful nation and these are kinds of things it presents a good essay really rebuild the country does wonderful things. I will follow two Subarus by American and higher American will American incomes used all around the world and in American products are sold around the world FOR benefit were buying from around the world. What's what's actually saying. Was it me as far as importing cars and importing silly things that we use oats.

Obviously questions to come up that he says this was a friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world that we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first so I have two different reactions to the America first statement the strength of it can sound a little scary.

The strength of it can make you wonder okay what does this actually mean what what is actually to happen if if I live in another country on a leader in another country and we been producing goods and and send them into America for for many many years and we have a lot of immigration going on to America with let's say your doctor in India you get educated very often come to America finish education here that the work is Dr. in America you could make more money in the system works better for you and what second mean I can understand all these questions coming up and we shall see what it means, but on the flipside, what nation does not have their own best interest first.

I mean what's so radical about saying America first. Doesn't Mexico City, Mexico, first dozen cannabis in Canada first does things England first, then rushes in Russia. First, this in Israel say Israel first in Egypt to Egypt first go around the world. What what nation has as their model our country. Second, so again, notice what he says we will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world, but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interest versus we expect you to do the same thing were doing the sale. We can work together so it remains to be seen how this will actually play out.

And here's the other thing the world needs American be strong. America remains incredibly influential nation on the planet. The most influential nation on the planet. The people in Singapore that I spoke to work were quite with me on the fact that as America goes, the world goes in America has a tremendous worldwide influence like I've been overseas ministry trips overseas more than 150 different times is a lot of travel trust. We have spent three years of my life probably jetlagged. Okay, I have spent several years of my life ministering overseas and meeting with believers in other countries and and working with leaders in talking to leaders and secular leaders as well as Christian leaders and things like that. America's massively influential as our nation goes for better or worse the whole world is affected so the world needs America to be strong, but America to be strong also means America that cares about the rest of the world and says how can we help the rest of the world so we got ourselves strong and that we help the rest of the world. That's good we get our ourselves strong in with the rest of the world suffer. That's not good that's not good. So hopefully it will be the former. Rather, rather than the latter. We do not seek to impose our way of life in anyone but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow, but America shot because there's a lot of good in our nation and a lot that is not good a lot that's wonderful and a lot that's grievous we will reinforce old alliances and for new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth. Not that actually happened. That would be a miracle that would be beyond expectation to parrot back dramatically would be amazing enough. But notice in his inaugural speech.

He said the three words which Barack Obama or former Pres. and Hillary Clinton who wanted to be our president.

Now former Secretary of State Clinton. These were three words. They basically refused to say I mean, they might've said look I can say the words to incentive but they would not ever say them in a strategic way they would never ever address them. So I'm glad that Pres. Trump said that in his very first speech. Again, you can hear it is a hyper print patriotism a hyper populism, hyper nationalism that that is dangerous. But at the same time he says when you open your heart to patriotism.

There is no room for prejudice.

The Bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity or someone 33 exactly what brethren dwell together, live together in unity, but that's it perfectly acceptable paraphrase, how good and pleasant is when God's people live together in unity. We must speak our minds openly debate our disagreements, honestly, but always pursue solidarity with Americans United America is totally unstoppable. Of course, reactions to that from the liberal elite have been well then I can take anything positive with that because they see him as a divisive dangerous figure in the president and filmmaker Michael Moore as left-wing as they common in Hollywood spoke to the women's march on Washington Saturday say we're here to vow the act and vowed to end the Trump carnage and Monday call this number. Call your representative centers number one, we do not accept Betsy Betty divorce is a Secretary of Education that stay will make it part of your daily routine.

Hey, make the phone calls as I can stop anything. It's not going to change anything but it would not surprise me if for years to come. People sin is not my president regarding teacher, we gotta get rid of him just remember this, so if you were wanting said Barack Obama's not my president then don't you dare criticize some of the says Donald Trump is not how about equal weights and measures and standards we come back to the ship. Here's shares of fast for cleansing and gives the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown to the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown.

I bless time was a fruitful time and we trust that there will be a lot of good reports coming out of the meetings here and some things will be able to share with you about some some great progress. As a result of us coming to Singapore and we appreciate the believers their standing with us a very generous giving people the people who've been prospered in amazing ways and love to share in the work of Jorge the people Singapore are helping us broadcast in America think of that habit you standing with us to pray with us join our support team. We are indebted to us. We work together for the gospel will I've waited with some thoughts on the speech of our new president Donald Trump and again I remind you, I remind you that for eight years in the midst of my issues with Barack Obama as president, I said emphatically. He's my president. This is just the way it works. So if for eight years in Barack Obama's not my president, and now you're upset with people's incomes that my president wrote your hypocrite your hypocrite Sgt. your hypocrite and and if you said three years. Barack Obama is my president than you can expect other people say that MY present you can you can oppose the policies you can speak against the policies he resists them. You can, you would say this is wrong and I'm still a stand for righteousness like this. It's easier president. That's the reality. Get used to it. President Donald Trump get used to it. That is the reality is far-fetched and possible seem and pray because even those that voted for Donald Trump with some reluctance, know there's great potential.

We see how God could use another fearless waited take on things like radical Islamic and and take on the, the, the political establishment take on the radical left. And all these things we we see that you know and help to defund Planned Parenthood. The point righteous justices to the Supreme Court, things like that we see only be used but fully understand the potential dangers of how divisions can be intensified and and and dignity, respect can be lost in who knows what, conflict could be started despite tweak so pray. Either way, you need to pray with your degree and living to citizens speech and Donald Trump is learning to use the Teleprompter better. His speeches for four months were just bored, like winging it at all and a lot of the spontaneous flow of conscience conscious. This kind of thing is that once call forth conscious when you go I meet this guy let things out and say what's on his mind and and East.

He speaks much better like that, but he was too is too volatile and and is people worked with him. Towards the end that they pull the men more city just be reading speeches in his extemporaneous comments when get in trouble but reading from the Teleprompter was painful for me as a speaker to offer to listen and you know just as very stiff and looked once I follow to the words Barack Obama was seamless and he was an absolute master of the Teleprompter and and and eloquent in the way he would deliver it and he was he was much weaker extemporaneously, but at the end.

At the end of Trump speech. I think that's the best I've heard him of the Teleprompter restarts to to build up and get some energy going a little be ignored again in particular will make America strong again. You know what's coming in and with great right will make merit will make will we will make wealthy again to left out America. I will make America proud again will make America safe again yesterday and will make America great again. Thank God bless you.

God bless America site. I thought he ended as powerfully as he had before, and in yes he had number of born-again believers praying over him, probably Paula White the most controversial but but when she was criticized by Dr. Michael Horton respected theologian when he criticized her and and is an example of extreme prosperity preaching and denying gospel fundamentals a thing as a New York Times op-ed piece, she responded with a very strong statement since you know this response to critics with excessively false and you find on suffering is that in the essay we firemen prosperity she holds to the fundamentals of the gospel, and so on and so forth with the most controversial of those that that pray but you had people boldly praying in the name of Jesus, and quite a difference from Pres. Obama's last inauguration. We had openly gay minister pray quite a quite a difference, or I gay affirming minister pray but I just want to shift gears for for the couple minutes. I have M Dennis Prager great radio host, a great thinker Jewish thinker Dennis Prager on desperado.com put out a guide to basic differences between left and right and I just want run through some of these quickly as it does help sort through some of the ideologies that were looking at in our country today of that one comes the source of human rights for the lefty since government for the right. It's the creator. Human nature view the left basically good. Therefore society is primarily responsible for evil, the right not basically good. Therefore, the individual is personally responsible for evil economic goal for the left equality for the right prosperity primary role of the state left increase and protect equality for the right increase and protect liberty. The government for the left as large as possible for the right small as possible. Family ideals left any loving unit of people for the right, a married father and mother and children. The guiding Trinity of the left race, gender and class.

The guiding Trinity for the right liberty in God we trust in e pluribus unum good and evil for the left relative to individual and or society so and in the view of the left good and evil are relative the individual or society for the right based on universal absolutes humanity's primary divisions for the left, rich and poor strong week for the right good and evil. See if I've got time for a few more of these, the ideal primary identity of an American for the left. The world citizen for the right American citizen how to make a good society for the left. Abolishing equality for the right develop each citizen's moral character view of America for the left profoundly, morally flawed and inferior to any number of European countries for the right greatest force for good among nations and world history comes to gender for the left, the social contract for the right to construct, excuse me for the right male and female worth human fetus for the left turn by the mother for the right to turn by society rooted in Judeo-Christian values great insights, good analysis, obscene simplified but certainly worthwhile. Hey, Rosa, Singapore got a lot of talk was my weight loss because when I last ministered for this church to have years ago I had just started my lifestyle transformation. So, here I come back.

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