The Postscript Show

Today Pastor Brandon Briscoe, Provost of Living Faith Bible Institute interviews Pastor Brian Hedges, Director of Word First Bible Publishers, on themes regarding the upcoming (October 6-9, 2024) Living Faith Fellowship's annual Certainty Conference. Brian will be teaching the morning session on the subject of Revelation 2 and 3, its prophetic depiction of the “church ages” and its inspirational application to our lives. During the course of this podcast Brian walks through those church ages and gives a little insight into what you should expect to hear in more depth as you attend or livestream at https://www.lffellowship.com

At Certainty 2024, we will delve into biblical church history and our Baptist heritage, exploring what it means to follow in the faith and traditions of a “Philadelphian” Baptist church. The Certainty Conference is not only a profitable time of Bible study but also a great opportunity to connect with other members of the Living Faith Fellowship of churches. 

Pastor Brandon will be preaching on how the church can build on the legacy and traditions of faith that have come before us; what are the strengths we can learn from and what are the weaknesses we should avoid.

Pastor Alan Shelby of Harvest Baptist Church and Dean of Living Faith Bible Institute will be teaching in the morning session on the subject of our recent Baptist history.

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In this episode of the Ps+ we join Pastor Thomas Harding to talk about the various forms of opposition that faithful ministers will face in the work of discipleship, evangelism, and church-planting. 

There are what can feel like an overwhelming amount of skeptics today concerning New Testament scholarship, even within evangelical and Baptist circles. Today on The Postscript we demonstrate a few apparent contradictions in Jesus’s miracles across gospel writers Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, showing how many so-called contradictions in the Bible are dismantled with simple Bible study principles such as context and key words, which illuminate a more holistic picture of the scene than one account could alone. There is purpose behind every apparent contradiction in the Bible that only the earnest and honest student of God’s Word will go the length to understand. Instructor of Biblical Studies at the Living Faith Bible Institute Mitch Dobson and Provost of LFBI Brandon Briscoe walks us through some of those doctrinal insights which are useful for Christian life and ministry as they examine a few apparent contradictions in an exegetical fashion.

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As believers, we know what we have in the Holy Bible is God's very words. In episodes 100 to 102 of The Postscript, Dean of Living Faith Bible Institute Alan Shelby addressed the doctrines of Scripture like inerrancy, inspiration, preservation, translation and transmission. On today's show Provost of LFBI Brandon Briscoe has invited Pastor Alan back onto the show to discuss the related topic of Bible canonization. We answer questions like - How can we know our Bible is complete? How can we know the Bible is not missing any books? What about the apocryphal books? Do we need to constantly revise our understanding of the Bible?

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In this episode of the Ps+ we kick off a new series with Pastor Thomas Harding of Oakland Heights Baptist church in Cartersville, Georgia. Pastor Harding has recently begun the work of planting a mission-minded church in the heart of Portland, Oregon. In this series, Thomas will walk listeners through the processes both of being deployed to the mission field as well as adopting a mission-focused attitude in daily life. 

Today, Provost of Living Faith Bible Institute Brandon Briscoe discusses a new book with author John Wright, Prodigals: Hope for Lost Sons and Daughters, Regretful or Longsuffering Parents, and Bitter Brethren. Whether you’re a parent, sibling, or friend, you’ve likely felt the sting of a loved one abandoning you or the faith for a life of wandering in the world. There are complex emotions tangled up in this hurt—anger at the offense, confusion at the decision, bitterness at the rejection, and grief at the loss, among many others. It is a great comfort that this phenomenon is not estranged from God, and He has laid out stories and principles in His Word that can guide us in this process. Prodigals uses the story of the prodigal son to walk through a biblical perspective of loved ones’ hurtful decisions but also a biblical perspective of our own hearts as we learn to reckon that hurt rightly. Using Luke 15 as the guiding passage, we follow along with the prodigal son as he rejects his father’s provision, seeks fulfillment in the world, is greatly humbled, and returns penitent to a welcoming father. This story outlines for us the typical trajectory of a prodigal, and in so doing, it offers hope to those who, like the father, are patiently waiting at home for their loved one’s return. Prodigals also addresses other heart postures woven into this story, speaking specifically to those who may be wrestling with bitterness, envy, and skepticism at a prodigal’s decisions, or to those who may be prodigals themselves. Through God’s Word we come to learn that God’s heart is one of grace, longsuffering, and reconciliation, and as believers in Jesus Christ, we get to adopt that same heart towards our children, siblings, and friends who have wandered. 

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In this super episode of the Ps+ we combine nine parts into one as Nick Hatton walks us through a biblical framework for managing our finances to the glory of God. 

The following topics (and more) are covered in this episode from a biblical perspective: God’s provision, monetary stewardship, budgeting, productivity, earning, spending, debt, saving (money), generating profit, loss, financial planning, borrowing/lending money, interest, types of debt, mortgages, heart posture in giving, tithing, sacrificial giving, retirement investments (401k & IRA accounts), supporting missions, diversification, leaving an inheritance, long-term vs. short-term investments, and generally what it means to make wise investments from a Christian and scriptural worldview.

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Professor of Missiology at the Living Faith Bible Institute, James Fyffe, continues the Unknown Missionary series on The Postscript today with Provost of LFBI Brandon Briscoe. We begin with the interesting story and legacy of the Erny family. Ed was the son of missionaries and grandson to Swiss Protestant immigrants to the U.S. Ed was trained for missions at Asbury Theological Seminary. Ed and Rachel spent 40 years in Asia as missionaries, suffering many trials along the way. Their testimony remains that God used them mightily, with many souls coming into Christ’s Kingdom and glory after them. Ed wrote an autobiography titled “No Reserves, No Regrets, No Retreats: The Life and Ministry of Ed Erny.”

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On this episode of the Ps+ we join Jonathan Kindler one last time to learn about the importance of fortifying our faith over time in preparation for future hardships and grief. 

Since the beginning of the church, Bible believers have discussed the return of Christ. The Apostle Paul admonishes the church in Rome to prepare for the return of Christ in Romans 13:11, “And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.” And yet, despite Paul’s appeal to Christ’s imminent return, theologians still debate if and when Jesus will return and under what circumstances. Today Brandon Briscoe, Provost of Living Faith Bible Institute has invited Pastor Sam Miles, President of LFBI to discuss the imminent return of Christ, a pretribulation rapture, and to ask the questions like, “What is the order of the end times events? What is the rapture?” and, “Why is the topic of the ‘rapture of the church’ so significant to Christians?” Visit https://www.lfbi.org/learnmore