LIVING FAITH BIBLE INSTITUTE

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. 

In American revivalism, there is a long history of charismatic experientialism being justified under the subheading of spiritual gifts. Speaking in tongues, healing and prophesying are often pulled from their scriptural context, redefined and then reapplied to substantiate euphoric behavior in the church. 

Have the spiritual gifts been co-opted? Do certain spiritual gifts cease? If so, which ones and why?

Today on The Postscript, Provost of Living Faith Bible Institute, Brandon Briscoe, invites Dr. Chris Best, Missiology instructor at LFBI, to discuss spiritual gifts, the cessation of gifts, and the purpose of spiritual gifts in the New Testament church. We conclude with how believers can find their fit in their own local church ministry in a way that honors God's Word, so that they may become more fruitful in a walk with Jesus Christ. 

We all have that family member who is obsessed with the family tree, perhaps that uncle or that aunt that knows the exact year that your family immigrated to the United States. Family members like this help us to understand our history and heritage and have a stronger personal identity. 

What about our faith lineage? What about our spiritual history, the legacy of those that helped establish the worldview that we often take for granted? Knowing our heritage as Baptists is an important and worthwhile endeavor. 

On today's show, Provost of Living Faith Bible Institute Brandon Briscoe sits down with Jim Alter, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church of Sidney, Ohio. Jim is the co-founder and editor of the Ancient Baptist Press. Jim is also the coauthor of a book called Why Baptist? The Significance of Baptist Principles in an Ecumenical Age.