The Postscript is a podcast and YouTube series that invites listeners into in-depth theological and ministry conversations with pastors, Bible scholars, missionaries, and professors.
Host of the Postscript is Brandon Briscoe, provost of the Living Faith Bible Institute and associate pastor at Midtown Baptist Temple
New episodes of the Postscript release weekly
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Short #14: Hunter Sbisa
We interview student of Living Faith Bible Institute, Hunter Sbisa. He shares his testimony of coming to faith in Christ. He explains how his Catholic upbringing both helped and hindered him in coming to faith and how God used his college experiences and relationships to gently direct him to rest in the finished work of Christ. Hunter is a coleader of a fellowship along with Van Sneed at Living Faith Lee's Summit.
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Episode 155: The Lost Art of Public Invitation with Dr. Scott Pace
In this episode with Dr. Scott Pace, Dean of The College at Southeastern and Vice President for Undergraduate Studies we discuss the widely lost art of invitational ministry, particularly the work of calling growing leaders to fulfill their potential as pastors or missionaries.
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Buy Scott Pace’s coauthored book, Calling Out the Called: Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership at https://www.amazon.com/Calling-Out-Called-Discipling-Leadership/dp/1087769825/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=c1d099be-d7c9-4001-b49e-7ac14ab9a3d5
Episode 154: The Trellis, The Vine & Building Structure in Ministry
We sit down with Pastor Mitch Dobson, Professor of Bible Survey at Living Faith Bible Institute to discuss biblical principled efficiency in ministry in the areas of authority structures and healthy flow of communication. Mitch begins with his testimony, background in compliance within the realm of business and his current role on the pastoral team at Midtown Baptist Temple. In this episode we define the spiritual gift of "governments" (1 Cor. 12:28) and examine ways of identifying people within a body who function supernaturally in this way. Lastly, we examine the difference between principle and policy, how they differ and how they are important considerations for the local church as well as its individual ministries.
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Episode 153: A Zambian Missions Story
Dan Jalowiec joins us today to share his testimony of salvation and how that led to a missionary call to Zambia, Africa for him and his wife, Jan. Dan shares many ways in which he has experienced God’s grace along the way. He discovered the mission field of Zambia on his very first mission trip, after a long career with his wife Jan in optometry. Most recently, Dan and Jan have planned to return to Zambia for more focused cultural and linguistic training; this time they will be without their children who have grown and are trusting Christ in their own endeavors as they have come to maturity.
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Short #13: Austin Dutton
We interview student of Living Faith Bible Institute, Austin Dutton. He tells his story of being raised in the church which led to a to a personal decision of salvation during a sermon. He explains how discipleship and LFBI has impacted his life and tells us what he is up to in ministry at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Moulton, Alabama.
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Episode 152: Dealing With Addiction
We continue our biblical counseling series with professor of Biblical Counseling, Jonathan Kindler. This time we talk about addictive thought and behavior patterns, discussing biblical pathways for breaking free from sin strong holds. Furthermore, we answer questions like, is addiction just a chronic illness that can only be managed? And, how do we lovingly counsel and offer real hope to those around us who feel defeated?
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Episode 151: Unknown Missionary “The Peanut Butter Man”
We continue our unknown missionary series with Living Faith Bible Institute Professor of Missiology, James Fyffe. This time we cover the life and ministry of man named Qureshi, otherwise known as “The Peanut Butter Man” of Pakistan.
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Short #12: Blade Sbisa
We interview student of Living Faith Bible Institute, Blade Sbisa. He shares about his upbringing, testimony of salvation and how he is serving in ministry at Living Faith Lee’s Summit.
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Episode 150: The Problem with Andy Stanley
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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Episode 149: The Anabaptists & A Heritage of Biblical Discipleship
We continue our church history series with Pastor Greg Axe of Crest Bible Church, who is also the professor of Church History at Living Faith Bible Institute. Greg is the author of Church History: A Biblical Perspective, which can be found on Amazon.
Today we discuss the Anabaptists of the 16th century, their origins, doctrines, culture, and their legacy of biblical discipleship.
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Episode 148: A Heart to Submit to the God of the Bible
Randy Copeland of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Mouton, AL joins us for a conversation on spiritual authority and accountability to the Word of God in the church. Randy shares his testimony of salvation and how he was called to pastoral ministry. He explains how repentance from a heart posture of rebellion to one of submission to Christ and His Word completely changed his life and freed him to prefer others over himself. We discuss what a right attitude toward God ordained authority looks like. Lastly, we discuss the worthiness and exaltation of Jesus Christ in the context of Spirit-led unity.
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Episode 147: The Key of David
Pastor Justin Trotter of Callie Harbin Baptist Church in Villa Rica, GA joins us to discuss his father Mark Trotter’s book “The Keys of Bible Study: Unlocking Scripture in an Age of Forgotten Truth.”
We focus the conversation on “the key of David” found in Revelation 3:7 and referenced in Isaiah 22:22. Justin explains why his father wrote the book The Keys of Bible Study and what the dangers are to not applying the Bible with a heart of love and reverence for the God of the Bible. In an age of welcoming multiple interpretations as valid, Justin explains why it is that we cannot afford to study God’s book sloppily.
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Episode 146: Missions and the Role of the Local Church
In this episode Jeff Bartell, the missions pastor of First Baptist Church in New Philadelphia, OH and host of the podcast Theology Roundtable shares his missions experience in post-communist Albania. In 1992 Jeff found himself amidst a people who had never heard the gospel. He learned the language, preached the gospel and made disciples. Now that same Albanian local church God used Jeff to plant is biblically envisioned and actively reproducing local churches in other parts of the world. We discuss missions and specifically how the local church described throughout the New Testament fits God’s plan for evangelizing the lost and making disciples of Jesus Christ.
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Visit https://www.lffellowship.com/focus for sermons and additional materials from the Living Faith Fellowship’s 2022-23 Mission Focus Conference.
Short #11: Alex Allen
We interview student of Living Faith Bible Institute Alex Allen. He shares about his upbringing, testimony of salvation, the spiritual transformation he experienced since salvation and also about his roles in ministry at Midtown Baptist Temple in Kansas City, MO where he is the director of Bible studies for the College & Young Adult Class.
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Episode 145: Unpacking Unconditional Election with Leighton Flowers
Dr. Leighton Flowers, Director of Evangelism for Texas Baptists and professor of Soteriology at Trinity Theological Seminary joins us to discuss the topic of Calvinism. In this second of two episodes, Leighton shares with us reasons why Calvinist theology has become more popular in recent years and why historically it seems to wax and wane among Christians.
Leighton also takes time to unpack a couple of the major tenets of Calvinism: Unconditional election and limited atonement. He uses scripture to refute both of these linch pin philosophical dogmas.
Dr. Leighton Flowers’ books available on Amazon:
The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology https://a.co/d/6tnYnTO
God's Provision For All: A Defense of God's Goodness https://a.co/d/gCTjaV6
Visit https://soteriology101.com/ for additional resources for refuting Calvinism biblically.
Visit https://www.lfbi.org/learnmore to learn more about the academic program of study at Living Faith Bible Institute.
