“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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Today, Pastor Brian Clark brings an update from Crossroads Baptist Church, London, also announcing a new book coming soon called Just A.S.K. which expounds on several themes from today's conversation on evangelism.

First, Brian shares next steps for preparing a new church plant which his team is trusting God for over the next several years. We then discuss the topic of winning souls from examples in the early Church. Illustrating this topic, Brian shares testimonies of trial and error, learning from mistakes and how God made him the leader of a church-planting work in London.

How does the follower of Christ prepare for the work of evangelism? How should believers approach the lost about the gospel? How does the believer keep the conversation going with the lost? Questions like these and many more are answered in this episode.

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Living Faith Bible Institute student Nick Hatton shares his story of how he came to faith in Christ after hitting rock bottom. We hear about his roles at Midtown Baptist Temple in Kansas City, MO on the Discipleship Team and in the College and Young Adult Class. Lastly he tells us his personal vision for the future as he remains grounded and active in ministry at his local church.

In this episode with pastor & LFBI professor Dan Reneau we talk about art. Why is humanity creative? What are arts' uses historically & how are we the Church using an understanding of the arts as a bridge for the gospel?

We briefly walk through the following movements & philosophies: Medieval, Byzantine, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, Photography, Impressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Fauvism, Modernism, Pop Art, The Sexual Revolution, Postmodernism, Transmodernism, Art as reflection, activism & visual language.

In this episode, we talk to James Fyffe, LFBI professor of missiology regarding modern missions. We discuss the lives of missionaries who pioneered gospel ministry in foreign lands amidst great adversity. We also speak about the responsibility of the local church to support the missionary abroad.

Pastor/Missionary James Fyffe draws from his experiences ministering in Pakistan to guide us in how to share our faith with our Muslim friends. He discusses distinctions between the Abrahamic faiths, major differences in perspective on Christ and in roads for gospel conversation. We hope this episode encourages you to have faith to engage Islamic believers with the gospel.