LIVING FAITH BIBLE INSTITUTE

Greeting, LFBI Students!

I wanted to remind everyone of three important tasks about managing your account for LFBI. I have included step-by-step instructions below for (1) uploading a profile picture, (2) filling out your profile, and (3) ensuring that you are receiving emails sent to your student email address.

Please make sure that you have completed these steps, and let me know if you have questions or issues. I'd be glad to help.

Did you recently listen to the Postscript interview with Brandon Peterson, Bible student and designer of KJVCOMPARE.COM?

KJVCompare.com is an online tool designed to compare the King James Version with modern English Bible translations side by side. It highlights textual differences at the verse and word level, helping readers see where wording, structure, or content diverges. The site is especially useful for pastors, teachers, and students who want a clear, accessible way to evaluate translation philosophy and textual decisions.

Brandon is recruiting Bible students who would be interested in volunteering time to studying and helping generate content for the website. If you are interested in serving in one of the following volunteer roles, he would love to hear from you:

Researcher – Examines modern Bible versions and comparison resources to identify verses for inclusion on the site, then passes findings to Inputters. (A great fit for curious students who enjoy careful reading and comparison.)

Inputter – Enters verses provided by Researchers into the site and works alongside Quality Control to refine and improve entries. (Ideal for strong communicators who are comfortable multitasking on a computer.)

Quality Control – Reviews verses, highlights, categories, and notes to suggest corrections or improvements. (Best suited for careful, balanced thinkers with a strong attention to detail.)

If you believe the Lord may be leading you to help in this work—or if you know another student who might be interested—please feel free to reach out or forward this information. You can contact us through Patreon messages or by email at peterson6x@gmail.com.

Thank you for your consideration, and God bless.

 

Every Christian holds a Bible, but few stop to ask why they trust the text in their hands. Questions about manuscripts, translators, editions, and revisions are often treated as technical matters best left to specialists. Yet they carry enormous implications: Is the Bible I hold the very word of God—truly infallible and inerrant? 

For the preservationist, the story of the English Bible is not one of constant loss and recovery, but of transmission, reception, and faithful use within the life of the church—giving believers confidence in what has been handed down.

In this episode of the Postscript, I’m joined by Jim Alter, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Sidney, Ohio, and co-founder of Ancient Baptist Press. Jim is also the founder, curator, and educator behind Purified Seven Times, a traveling exhibit that teaches the history of Bible translation into English with special attention to the preservation of God’s word. Through pastoral ministry, publishing, and hands-on historical education, Jim helps Christians think carefully—and faithfully—about where their Bible came from and why that history still matters today.

And don't forget to catch this week's episode of SoundMind!

What do you do when someone genuinely cares, keeps trying, and still can’t seem to follow through? In this Walking With episode, Jonathan Kindler speaks directly to pastors, counselors, disciplers, and everyday believers who are sitting across from sincere people stuck in the gap between desire and action. Rather than defaulting to pressure or correction, this episode explores how follow-through often collapses not because of laziness, but because of fear, shame, misplaced trust, and the quiet weight of spiritual performance.

 

When a missionary or pastor plants a church, they’re not just gathering people—they’re making decisions that quietly shape the work for years to come. And one of the decisions that carries great weight is that of “space.” Where do we meet? When do we start on Sundays? How do we stay nimble and mission-focused without being homeless—or overbuilt? Today’s conversation sits right in that tension: the blessings a building can provide, and the burdens it can introduce, especially when the work is still small and the people are still growing. 

My guest today on the Postscript is Blade Sbisa, a church planting pastor in St. Louis who’s just getting the work on the ground with a small team. Blade recently stepped into a rare opportunity to purchase a church building at a phenomenal price—complete with a parsonage—before the plant is really ready to use it. So what do you do when the building is bigger than the congregation? How does it effect the culture and set expectations? Blade is thinking through it all in real time, and his process will help a lot of planters—and sending churches—think more clearly about buildings, stewardship, and the work of making disciples.

And don't forget to catch this week's episode of SoundMind!

Why is it so hard to follow through on the things we genuinely care about? And how do you build a life that doesn’t just look faithful in short bursts, but actually lasts? In the final episode of the What’s the Deal with Follow-Through series, Jonathan Kindler pulls the threads together and reframes formation around sustainability, dependence, and return. Grounded in passages like John 15 and Galatians 3, this episode explores why intensity fades, why structure so often turns into pressure, and how spiritual growth quietly derails when it becomes performance instead of relationship.

 

In an age of endless Bible translations and growing skepticism about whether we can even know what God has said, many believers are still quietly asking a foundational question: Has God preserved His word? For some, the issue feels academic or maybe even divisive; for others, it strikes at the very heart of authority, confidence, and faith. 

In today’s episode, we step into that tension in order to provide a clear, thoughtful, and accessible case for the King James Bible and the doctrine of preservation, tracing how careful study, historical research, and biblical conviction can lead a believer to firm ground rather than confusion. Our guest today is Brandon Peterson, podcaster, author, and founder of the Truth is Christ ministry. As a younger voice in a conversation often dominated by older generations, Brandon brings a unique perspective—one not shaped by tradition alone, but by personal investigation.

We invite you to listen in as Peterson shares his testimony, his journey through questions surrounding modern Bible versions, and the research that led him to defend the Authorized Version as God’s preserved word. Through projects like KJVcompare.com and his writings on the patterns of scripture, Brandon is helping reintroduce the doctrine of preservation to a rising generation, reminding believers that confidence in the Bible is not inherited blindly—but can be reasoned, tested, and joyfully affirmed.

And don't forget to catch this week's episode of SoundMind!

 

In this reflective episode, Jonathan Kindler explores the tension between discipline and exhaustion, confronting the quiet myth that diligence means perfection and that tiredness equals failure. Blending Scripture, counseling insight, personal storytelling, and cultural observation, this episode reframes endurance as dependence, presence, and faithful direction rather than endless output.