Dr. Charles C. Ryrie was a key voice in shaping fundamentalist evangelical theology. As a professor and later dean at Dallas Theological Seminary, he helped clarify and defend the value of dispensational teaching during a time when the church was wrestling with questions about prophecy, interpretation, and biblical authority. His approach was thoughtful and scholarly, yet always grounded in Scripture. Ryrie believed the Bible was meant to be understood and enjoyed by everyday believers, not just academics. He devoted his life to making theology clear, accessible, and rooted in a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ.

Ryrie’s influence continues to be felt by theologians, churches, pastors, and schools like the Living Faith Bible Institute. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Paul Weaver, professor and biblical scholar at Dallas Theological Seminary and host of the podcast Bible and Theology Matters. Dr. Weaver’s book, Charles C. Ryrie: The Man, The Ministry, and His Method, offers both a compelling look at Ryrie’s life and a helpful introduction to his hermeneutics and theology. It’s a conversation that invites us to appreciate not just Ryrie’s ideas, but the heart and conviction behind them.

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In today's episode, we're taking another look at the story of the Baptists in America, particularly in regard to the growth and expansion of Baptist influence across the southeast corridor of the United States.

In what ways did Baptists in places like Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc. help shape the character and philosophy of ministry in the earliest years after the American Revolution up until this very day?

To help us unpack this history, I'm joined by Dr. Alan Shelby, Dean of the Living Faith Bible Institute and Faculty Professor of theology, philosophy and history at LFBI. Pastor Shelby just finished up a series of lectures about Baptist history at Callie Harbin Baptist Church in Villa Rica, Georgia, where he addressed this very subject on Baptist history, particularly in the Southeast. 

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“WWJD?” It's a virtuous aim for Christians to behave like Jesus Christ. Feeding and clothing the poor, caring for the orphan and widow are the command of Scripture, and a righteous pursuit of any disciple of Jesus Christ. But what about other social injustices like economic equality or racial equity? Is it the aim of the Christian to fight against child labor or unjust wars, or advocate for environmental protections or public education? If so, in what way and in what context? 

What are the boundaries of Christian responsibility? Is our primary goal as Christians to pursue the establishment of a Christian ethic in our world? Or is it to preach the gospel in order to see souls saved? Today, provost of Living Faith Bible Institute, Brandon Briscoe, has invited Pastor Allen Shelby of Harvest Baptist Church, dean of the living Faith Bible Institute, to chat about the Social Gospel, a movement that has influenced the church for over 150 years now. 

Pastor Shelby expounds key Bible passages in the gospels pertaining to the aim of the Christian, showing from Christ’s own words how the social gospel has led the church away from a scripturally faithful approach to ministry and world missions.

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Is America a Christian nation? Where do Baptists come from and what significance do they hold in the history of our nation? What does it mean to be a Baptist today in our contemporary world?

In this episode, host Brandon Briscoe sits down with Jim Alter, pastor of Grace Baptist Church of Sidney, Ohio to ask these questions and to explore how Baptists influenced our forefathers to frame our constitution with religious liberty in mind.

Pastor Alter is co-founder and editor of the Ancient Baptist Press, and he's also the founder, curator and lecturer for a traveling exhibition called Purified Seven Times, which is devoted to educating people about the history of our English Bible. Jim is also coauthor of the book Why Baptist? The Significance of Baptist Principles in an Ecumenical Age.

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