When studying the Bible there are many principles that help us to effectively study the Bible and understand it literally. In this episode we discuss the relationship between speaker and audience when establishing context within scripture.

We also briefly touch on the danger of allegorizing things that are not intended to be allegory and misinterpreting allegory as though it’s literal. We see how soteriology and eschatology are affected negatively by not taking clear Bible distinctions seriously.

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In this episode of the Ps+ we’ll take an introductory look at the manuscripts used for Bible translations, namely the Textus Receptus and the Critical Text.

Troy Stogsdill, lead pastor of First Baptist Church in New Philadelphia, OH joins us to announce the Living Faith Fellowship Certainty Conference (Oct. 2-5). We hear Troy's testimony of salvation, how he became a pastor and a few reasons on why believers should tune in for the Certainty Conference this year. The key speaker will be Pastor Kenny Morgan, discipleship pastor at Midtown Baptist Temple in Kansas City, MO and chair of the Foundations program at the Living Faith Bible Institute. Guest speakers for the morning sessions will include Pastor Alan Shelby of Harvest Baptist Church in Blue Springs, MO and dean of the Living Faith Bible Institute as well as Pastor Steve Charette of First Bible Baptist Church of Gardner, MA.

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Living Faith Bible Institute Student John Scott shares his testimony of salvation, sanctification and how he became the children's minister at a new church plant in Columbus, Ohio, Northside Baptist Church.

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In this episode of the Ps+ we'll take a high level overview of manuscripts and define some key terms related to the topic.

Pastor Jay Schug of Community Fellowship Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama walks us through a biblical template for teaching the seven stages of spiritual growth in the disciple of Christ within the context of a local church. We begin with Jay's testimony of salvation and first steps of faith. He then shares how God called him to the pastorate and gave him a vision for biblical discipleship.

The seven stages of spiritual growth for the disciple of Christ covered in this episode are:

1. Repentance,

2. Enlightenment/Illumination,

3. Ministry Training,

4. Leadership Development,

5. Reevaluation and Separation,

6. Leadership Participation,

7. Consecration and World Vision

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Randy Foster of Heartland Baptist Fellowship in Harrisonville, MO shares his story of coming to faith after reading a booklet regarding the rapture. Randy then shares how he was discipled, caught a heart for missions in Belarus and quickly found himself leading in the mission. He tells us how God prepared him to preach through ministries such as Backyard Astronomy club.

After a long season of missions work in Zambia, Africa Randy was invited by Brian Hedges of Heartland Baptist Fellowship in Harrisonville, MO to help start a Bible school. Randy is now also trusting God to get the Word of God to the nations through Word First Publishing at Heartland which seeks to print and ship Bibles of various languages to peoples around the world.

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In this episode of the Ps+ we'll review key definitions and concepts from this series in exploring the formation of the King James Bible.

Pastor Lee Ridings of Greater Hope Baptist Church in Dallas, GA shares his story of discovering God’s will for his life as well as his heart on the importance of relaying biblical discipleship to the next generation. Lee shares what coming to faith in Christ looked like for him, how he began to grow in the faith and how meeting a pastoral mentor brought his attention to a need for biblical exegesis.

Pastor Mark Trotter helped Lee to grow into the husband, father, discipler and expository preacher he is today. It is Lee's heart to prayerfully and successfully relay a genuine walk with Christ to the next generation together with his local church.

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