“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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There is no doubt about it, we are living in some strange times. In November of 2024, New Jersey citizens began reporting sightings of strange drone-like objects lingering over their neighborhoods, bodies of water and even over military bases. Since that time, the department of defense has received over 5,000 reports of unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP). To make matters worse, government officials have been anything but transparent about what’s going on and have downplayed what appears to the American public like either a security threat or an alien invasion.

Many of the reports, even from the experts, are suggesting that the size of these UAP’s is much larger than common drones, many reports suggest they are the size of cars. Their peculiar movements are also inexplicable and not like common aircrafts.

Social media and talking heads have had a field day with this of course, but on today’s show, want to look at the history of this technology and then look for instances within scripture where we find examples of “UAP’s” and then try and draw some hyposthesis about what we are seeing in our news cycle and in our skies.

Pastor Brandon Briscoe, the provost of Living Faith Bible Institute, has invited Brian Bustos on the show for today's conversation. Brian is an instructor at the Living Faith Bible Institute and also the Director of Experience Strategy at one of Fortune’s top 100 innovative companies, where he focuses heavily on emerging technologies like genAI.

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In our modern world, technology evolves so rapidly that we often don’t even take notice anymore. Technology is so integrated into our daily lives that it’s rare for us to take notice of it and even harder to be knowledgeable and circumspect about all the ways in which our lives are affected by the subtleties of these advancements. As Bible believing Christians, we should be asking the hard questions about how technology is impacting our families, our ministry and our outlook on the world. On today's show, we discuss the implications of artificial intelligence and the development of technology that is so life-like that we begin to believe it's "human." We will ask, is it possible for technology to become sentient? What are the ontological implications of transhumanism? What is the singularity and why should I understand its ambitions? 

For this topic, Brandon Briscoe chats with Brian Bustos on the topic of human consciousness and a biblical worldview. Brian is an instructor in Living Faith Bible Institute and Director of Experience Strategy at one of Fortune’s top 100 innovative companies, where he focuses on emerging technologies. In our episode, he will help us to understand why God's creation is uniquely complex compared to AI and why we can trust that his truths will help us navigate the dystopian realities of our contemporary world.

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