It is difficult for the pastor to meet the needs of the church. Pastors can be exceptionally busy with the affairs of the church — staff meetings, counseling, setting the budget; making sure the building is safe, clean and ready; and of course the work of prayer, study, and preaching. But has the church created a culture that unnecessarily differentiates between the leadership of the pulpit and the leadership of day-to-day ministry? What if pastors learned to lead more effectively from within the pulpit ministry? What if church members were encouraged to take heed of the doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction they received from their pastor every Sunday? Could better expositional leadership impact the maturity and trajectory of the church and preserve ministry resources?

On today’s episode, we have invited Dr. Scott Pace, provost of the College at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and Jim Shaddix have recently authored a book called Expositional Leadership: Shepherding God’s People from the Pulpit. We have invited Scott on the show to share some principles for preaching that will help pastors and leaders better address the needs of their church and encourage them in the work of discipleship.

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This week we speak with Pastor Troy Stogsdill of First Baptist Church of New Philadelphia, Ohio to get a glimpse into the sermon topics of the Living Faith Fellowship's Certainty Conference this year which will take place October 1-4, 2023.

The Certainty Conference is the Living Faith Fellowship’s annual doctrine conference where we address prevalent and important theological questions. The 2023 conference will be on the topic of “The Next Generation”.

Some of the questions the conference will be considering are, what does it mean to pass on our doctrinal DNA? How do we propagate a biblical theology and philosophy of ministry into future pastors and leaders?

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In this episode with pastor and LFBI professor Dan Reneau we examine the Scriptures on Abraham's Bosom, also known as Paradise. We begin by touching briefly on the opponents to the doctrine of the descent of Christ. Next we look at the location, purposes and history of Abraham's Bosom and why it is not in use by Old or New Testament saints according to the Bible. What is Abraham's connection to the paradise for Old Testament saints? When Christ died on the cross where was His soul for three days? When did Christ ascend to the Father according to Scripture? These are just a few questions answered in today's conversation.

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Over the last couple of years on the Postscript, we have been walking through the history of the Church. The last few episodes on this subject, we have been discussing the Reformation. We have discussed Jan Hus, John Wycliffe, Martin Luther and the Anabaptists.

Today we are sitting down with pastor and Church History instructor Greg Axe to discuss the Counter Reformation. We set the context with the setting, particularly the age of European exploration and expansion couple with two key Catholic players, Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits (1534 AD) and Pope Paul III, overseer of the Council of Trent (1545 AD).

In this conversation, we discuss the ways in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to entrench its reformers against the Church as official enemies of the state by the authority of the Council of Trent, giving the Catholic Church the right to anathematize people in over 100 instances - which council stands today as one of the most foundational doctrinal documents of the Catholic Church.

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Despite being raised within a traditional baptistic theology, Pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Community Church has made many statements that depart from a simple faith in the Bible.

In this episode we examine Andy’s confusing pronouncements about Scripture and uncover how he is leading Christians away from fundamental Christian doctrine by presenting a view of faith that emphasizes anthropological and historical perspectives. In other words, Stanley adopts a skeptical approach to scripture in order to revise his evangelical faith and make it palatable to an enlightened postmodern audience. In place of Biblical authority, Pastor Stanley leads by cult of personality.

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In this episode we continue with Ps+ host Van Sneed. We pick up our conversation from episode 76 which regarded biblical dispensations. In this episode we walk through the covenant definitions often espoused by covenant theologians & discuss why this framework for dividing the Bible falls short historically, doctrinally & devotionally.

In this second of three episodes with Pastor Greg Axe we focus our attention to two key popes leading up to the Dark Ages. We first look at Gregory the Great's approval of earlier founded Catholic doctrines of the Eucharist, Purgatory & Masses for the Dead. We see how the practice of these non-biblical doctrines opened the people of the empire to papal-based authoritarian rule. Lastly, we see how Pope Charlemagne was gifted the rule over a strategic military buffer zone from Milan to Rome after bloodshed & a falsified deed under the name of Constantine.