LIVING FAITH BIBLE INSTITUTE

Hello Students,

2024 was a great year for LFBI but now it's time for 2025! As the Spring Semester kicks off, we just want to remind you of a few important things. First, enrollment for courses remains open for all 16-week classes until Jan 25th at 11:59pm. If you or other people in your church desire to join us this semester, that will be the cut-off.

Second, make sure you start purchasing your reading requirements for the semester ASAP. Falling behind in reading is one of the easiest ways to sabotage yourself. Follow the links in your classroom environment to purchase or access your reading materials. Further, the LFBI Library will open on January 25th with an open house from 10am-1pm CST. The new library has 2,000 volumes and will be a resource to aid you in research and study. The library will be open every Saturday with free coffee and and a quiet environment for study

Lastly, just like other educational institutions, LFBI has been affected by an increased use of artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT. We want to make sure that we remind you briefly of our plagiarism and technology policy:

• ChatGPT or other AI softwares are not permitted in the development of any assignment. The use of or consultation with generative AI shall be treated as analogous to assistance from another person. Utilizing AI software to generate ideas and pass them off as one’s own will also be considered plagiarism and will be adjudicated as such by the board of formal review.

• Respect the rights of content creators and abide by copyright laws. Do not utilize or distribute copyrighted material without lawful permission or attribution, this is considered plagiarism. Students who plagiarize are subject to the academic misconduct policy and further decision of the board of formal review.

LFBI does utilize software that detects both plagiarism and AI usage with great accuracy. Protect your integrity and the integrity of the school by being honest in your studies this semester.

We are praying for you and your leadership development this year!

God Bless,

The LFBI Staff

To be "filled with the Spirit" is a biblical phrase, often used but rarely understood. Some would use the phrase to describe either another Christian's character or a moment when someone seems to have divine inspiration. Most commonly, the term "filled with the Spirit" is used to describe sudden ecstatic behavior. What is clear is that the church struggles to understand what the Bible means when it says: 

Eph 5:17 Wherefore by ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Today on The Postscript, we have Pastor Brian Clark (church planter, author, and Biblical studies instructor at LFBI) to discuss this topic with Brandon Briscoe, provost of LFBI. Brian will help us gain a biblical answer for what it means to filled with the Spirit and how it affects our life and ministry. 

The trumpet is one of the most often used symbols in all of scripture. We see, particularly in the Old Testament, that the sound of a trump was used to gather an assembly, to call soldiers to war, and to draw people into worship. The Bible presents us with trumpets that call us into Christ's arms and trumpets that mark destruction during the tribulation. 

How do the trumpets differ, and how do they help us better understand God's grand design? Today, Provost of Living Faith Bible Institute, Brandon Briscoe, has invited James Fyffe, Faculty Professor of Missiology at LFBI, to do a Bible study on the topic of the "trumpets" in scripture. 

Today, as a continuation of the Unknown Missionary series on The Postscript, we discuss the intriguing testimony and life (1887-1913) of missionary William Whiting Borden. Borden was a rich young man with incredible intellect and aptitude who gave everything he had for the cause of Christ. Provost of Living Faith Bible Institute Brandon Briscoe has invited James Fyffe, former missionary and faculty professor of Missiology at the Living Faith Bible Institute to have this conversation.