CCEF Podcast: Where Life & Scripture Meet (podcasts)
How do the treasures of Scripture connect with the troubles of life? As Christians, we have the privilege and challenge of exploring this question. Hosted by Alasdair Groves, this podcast considers how Scripture meets us in day-to-day life, covering topics such as emotions, rest, trauma, weak faith, insomnia, and more.
How can understanding Jesus’ emotions help us understand our own? Listen as Alasdair Groves focuses on one particular emotion which Jesus felt: compassion, an ache on the heart that presses toward action to make things better.“
 
God sees our frantic bleating, living like sheep without a shepherd, harassed and helpless. He is a good shepherd, and he has compassion on his sheep, even especially where we struggle to have compassion for others.”
 
Mentioned in this podcast: We're excited to announce the 2024 CCEF National Conference on the topic of rest. Learn more and register at ccef.org/nc24.
 
This is episode 3 in a miniseries on emotions (listen to episode 1 here and episode 2 here). Do you have any questions about emotions? You can email us at podcast@ccef.org, and we’ll spend the last episode of the miniseries answering some of your questions.
 
Related resources:
Direct download: Podcast_S4_Episode_7-_Jesus_Compassion_2.mp3
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How can understanding Jesus’ emotions help us understand our own? Listen as Alasdair Groves focuses on one particular emotion which Jesus felt, just hours before his crucifixion: dread. How does Jesus’ experience of dread encourage us in our own experience of it?
 
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This is episode 2 in a miniseries on emotions (listen to episode 1 here). Do you have any questions about emotions? You can email us at podcast@ccef.org, and we’ll spend the last episode of the miniseries answering some of your questions.
 
Related resources:
Direct download: Podcast_S4_Episode_6-_Jesus_and_Dread.mp3
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“The heart poured out to the Lord is actually a form of trust.”
 
Sometimes we find ourselves unable to control our emotions. Often this produces guilt, and we wonder, “What does that say about my faith?” How do we navigate such an experience? Listen as Alasdair Groves discusses this experience and what faithful living looks like in this first episode of a miniseries on emotions.
 
Related resources:
Direct download: Podcast_S4_Episode_5-_Why_Cant_I_Control_Emotions_3.mp3
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Sometimes Scripture feels dry, distant, or impersonal. How do we apply Scripture in these times? How do we take hold of a cup of cold water when we are most thirsty?

Listen as Alasdair Groves discusses what it looks like to bring Scripture to bear on our sufferings and struggles, using several examples from his own life.

Related resources:
Direct download: Podcast_S4_Episode_4-_A_Host_of_Scriptures_for_Every_Hardship.mp3
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Do you ever feel guilty about how small or weak your faith is? Listen as Alasdair Groves talks about weak faith, primarily considering an example from Peter, one of Jesus’ own disciples.
 
“It's not about the strength of your faith. It's about the strength of the Savior. It's about the strength of the one who can pull you out of the dark waters and bring you back to the boat. Even the tiniest little bit of faith is God's gift to us anyway.”
 
Related resources:
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“We can become blind to the goodness of what God is calling us to, the fact that his call to obedience is a call to the path of life, not the path of death. When our drudgery becomes our view of what’s happening here, if we see it as him against us or calling us to something that’s not good for us, we’ve lost some ability to perceive what is true.”
 
Why do we struggle to do the things God has given us to do? How do we fight laziness or procrastination and move forward into the hard but rewarding task of the work that God has set before us? Listen as Alasdair Groves shares about his own struggles with laziness and how God can grow us in perseverance in our work."Related resources:

More information about the 2023 CCEF National Conference here: https://www.ccef.org/2023

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“When you offer normal, mundane, simple, best-you-can-do words of love and encouragement to somebody in their struggles, there is actually a physiological impact you are having on that person. When you offer words of comfort, you are literally changing something about their body.”
 
We’re excited to launch season 4 with a discussion on how the words we speak to one another can actually have physical effects for good.
 
Related resources:
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“It is hard to speak to the Lord about your sufferings and to lament and to honestly go to him and say, ‘Lord, this is hurting in my heart, on my soul.’ We rarely step into relationship in that way, and it's a struggle. It's a challenge, and it's a good, right, excellent challenge to come to him as the one who really does care.”
 
What is self-pity, and how should we view it? How can we turn our self-pity into godly lament that engages honestly with the Lord? Listen as Alasdair Groves discusses self-pity and considers what to do when we or others are struggling with it.
 
Related resources:
Direct download: Podcast_S3_Episode_10_-_Making_Sense_of_Self-Pity.mp3
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“Only the Lord is deserving of full, utter trust. We have a God we can trust 100% in every situation to be who he says he will be. And that means we can always trust whatever he’s up to in another person.”
 
What does it mean that “love trusts all things,” as 1 Corinthians 13:7 says? How do we show an appropriate level of trust in others, and when are the times we shouldn’t? Listen as Alasdair Groves discusses what it means that “love always trusts.”
 
Related resources:
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Alasdair Groves speaks with Collin Hansen about his new book, Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation, and the influences on Tim Keller, which included CCEF and David Powlison.

Collin Hansen is the vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition, as well as executive director of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.
 
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When we think about the state of the church today, the negatives often come to mind. While there is much to be grieved about and much change that needs to take place, there is much to be encouraged by when you look at how God is working through local churches around the world. Listen as Alasdair Groves considers some of the reasons not to give up on the church.
 
"The church has been through a thousand seasons where it's torn itself apart over the ages. But grace is always the center. God's love is always the center that draws his people back together. Let your eyes look for the ways where truth and hope and love and kindness and fellowship are gifts to you through your brothers and sisters, from Jesus himself."
 
Related resource:
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What does it mean to “get over something”? After enduring a difficult situation, how do we know if we’ve processed it wisely? Listen as Alasdair Groves discusses some steps we can consider as we grieve and heal.

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What do we do when we don’t seem to feel much emotion? How can we understand this experience, and what is God’s call to us in it? Listen as Alasdair Groves talks about the experience of numb emotions.
 
“Each one of us will face different struggles, but for each of us, there's an opportunity to walk toward the Lord and walk toward each other. If you experience a lack of emotion, that in and of itself is always an opportunity to speak to the Lord and to speak to others.”
 
Related resources:
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Most of us are familiar with the ways our phones can be detrimental to our spiritual lives. But how often do we consider ways they can be of spiritual benefit? Listen as Alasdair Groves talks about how smartphones can actually enrich our relationship with God.
 
“My phone was pointing me directly to the glories and the riches and the treasures of God's promises to us, fulfilled so directly and so richly through the Holy Spirit, even in things as simple as what I was doing as I swiped or scrolled or sent a text or did a hundred other things that we do every day.”
 
Related resources:
  • “Why Do We Pray?” blog post by David Powlison
  • “Eyes That See More” blog post by Ed Welch
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“Sometimes, we will listen and we will hear silence. We will look around, and we will not see him or what he is up to, and we will not know what to make of our circumstances, but here’s what we do know: we walk with the God who preserves his people. The God who stores our tears in a bottle is the God who knows our names and who shapes our names and our circumstances and will always be among us.”
 
What do we do when God is silent? How do we have hope when it feels like he is absent? Listen as Alasdair Groves considers God’s seeming silence for 400 years of history between the Old and New Testaments, and how even then, God’s care is never diminished.
 
Related resources:
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“One of your greatest goals as a man whom the Lord has called into marriage is to maximize your wife’s opportunities to use her gifts within the context of her life and community. You ask, 'How can I help her flourish?' That is serving her; that is leading her."
 
Scripture calls husbands to lead their wives. But what does this look like? How do we know if we’re leading our wives well? Listen as Alasdair Groves talks about what it looks like to focus on serving our wives rather than focusing on our role as leader.
 
Related resources:
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“We have a God who loves, cares, and knows, and I can rest utterly in the hope that he will be with me, he will walk with me, and he will provide. He will care for every last moment of my day tomorrow as I am exhausted.”
 
Do you ever have nights where you can’t sleep? Whatever the reason may be, struggling to sleep is a form of suffering. Alasdair Groves explores what it looks like to lean on the Lord when we can’t sleep, assured that he is near and he cares.
 
Related resources:
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“We do grieve, but we don't grieve without hope. Our grief is a hopeful grief. The losses we sustain and experience in this life are hope-filled because of Jesus, because we have a hope that transcends death itself. We have a God who is redeeming all of creation.”In the first episode of season 3, Alasdair Groves talks about how grief is not something to run from, be ashamed of, or try to get rid of, but grief is an invitation to worship God as the giver of every good gift.
 
Related resources:
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Enjoy a bonus episode while we’re on break over the summer! This episode is a recording of Alasdair Groves’ plenary session from the 2021 National Conference: Modern Problems.

This year's National Conference: The Way of Wisdom will explore Old Testament wisdom literature in light of Jesus, the true wisdom of God. Learn more and register at ccef.org/2022.

To receive a $25 discount on your in-person registration, use the code “podcast” at checkout. This discount is valid through the end of August 2022.

Find all the sessions from our 2021 National Conference: Modern Problems here: https://www.ccef.org/shop/product/modern-problems-2021-national-conference-download/.

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“We should never be content with, ‘I love that person but I don’t like them.’ That should always be a call to press deeper, to seek to love in ways that lead us toward a greater tenderness and affection.”
 
In our 8th and final episode of season 2, Alasdair Groves explores the phrase, “I love you but I don’t like you.” Is it helpful, harmful, or potentially both? How can we engage with someone whom we love but don’t “like” in a particular moment or season? How can we both love someone and be passionate for their growth in godliness? How did Jesus model this wise love?
 
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What is conversion therapy and how do we think biblically about it? How do we engage with and offer the hope found in Christ to those struggling with same-sex attraction, transgenderism, and other LGBTQ+ issues? How do we navigate our role as disciplers in a world where the definition of “counselor” is increasingly broad? In this episode, Alasdair Groves discusses these questions and more through the lens of a biblical counselor.
 
Check out other CCEF resources on these topics:
Direct download: Podcast_S2_Episode_6-_Conversion_Therapy_2.mp3
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Through the specific example of video game addiction, Alasdair Groves illustrates a broader skill fundamental to biblical counseling: learning to see and draw out what is good, even in the midst of someone making a mess of their life.
 
“In Hebrews 10, the Lord calls us as Christians to spur one another on to love and good deeds. That's an invitation to an incredible wealth of creativity as believers in thinking about how to apply this passage. Finding the traces of good in someone's bad decisions is one way of growing and being able to spur people on to love and good deeds. It’s a microcosm for seeing the surprising-ness of the hope and power of the gospel.”
 
Related Resources:
Direct download: Podcast_S2_Episode_5-_Video_Game_Addiction_3.mp3
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"We are never outside of the tender care of God. It's true when we sleep. It's true when we struggle to get out of bed. It's true when we fail to read the Bible. It's true when we aren't eating healthily. It's true when everything just feels bleak."

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"Leviticus is probably not the first place that people think about life meeting scripture. Most of us don't get to January 1st, planning to read through the Bible this year, and put the day on their calendar that we get to start Leviticus. That's not how most of us tend to function. Of course, if you have read the entire Bible, you have a sense that the book of Leviticus is quite important."

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"Think about Psalm 103. That beautiful phrase, "For the Lord knows that we are dust." He sees our frailty, He knows how fragile we are, and He meets us in that." 

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"The problem is not that our desires need to stay constantly small and in check to make sure they don't threaten our feeble love for Christ. It's rather, we want our love for Christ to grow and grow"

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“Biblical hope is, God is with you. You are not alone in the wilderness. God is with you and that changes everything.”

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“If we are people of the God of grace, and the word of God is utterly full of grace, then any true words we say ought to be full of grace as well.”

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“The Bible offers one central way of dealing with our negative emotions: we pray them. We take our deeply distressing emotions and we run to the Lord, placing them in his hands."

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“As Christians we share the experience of simultaneously being saints, sufferers and sinners. Knowing one another and loving one another well requires that we attend to these three foundational experiences.”

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“As Christians we share the experience of simultaneously being saints, sufferers and sinners. Knowing one another and loving one another well requires that we attend to these three foundational experiences.”

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“As Christians we share the experience of simultaneously being saints, sufferers and sinners. Knowing one another and loving one another well requires that we attend to these three foundational experiences.”

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“Being a saint, sufferer, and sinner are intertwined experiences for believers. These are not segmented areas of our lives—our day to day experiences are a blending of the three.”

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As Christians we share the experience of simultaneously being saints, sufferers and sinners. Knowing one another and loving one another well requires that we attend to these three foundational experiences.

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Let me ask you a question. Is it okay for Christians to feel really bad? Is it okay for Christians to get upset and feel terrible? Do you have a place in your theology for a Christian to be sad or angry or afraid or any of a host of other negative emotions?

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“God is passionately interested in giving us encouragement that shapes our ability to endure hardship every step of the way.”

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Where you end up is actually through Christ Himself through His trauma and His overcoming the grave itself and every violation that He, knowing and meeting and living with us, has this way of drawing us close and we end up in a place more profoundly deeply good than even where we were. That doesn't make the trauma good, it doesn't mean, "Oh, I'm glad I went through trauma," it just simply means there is this inescapable reality to the depth of hope that a connection to Christ in the midst of trauma offers.

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Is our rest actually restful? In this episode of the CCEF Podcast: Where Life and Scripture Meet, Alasdair Groves sits down to expose the ways that chasing after rest can feel like a never-ending, unsatisfying cycle, and discusses how viewing rest through a Christ-centered perspective frees us to embrace true rest in whatever capacity it might come.

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“There’s a fine line between godly anxiety that’s a godly concern and godless anxiety that pushes away from God and toward man.”

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“The conversation about spiritual leadership requires humility and patience from both husband and wife.” 

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"Many times in our anxiety, depression, and hardships, we forget the Author of our story. What does it look like for me to remind someone that we can trust the Author who is good and faithful?"

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Ed Welch and Alasdair Groves talk about addictions.

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Robyn and Alasdair talk about headship in marriage.

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Alasdair & Todd sit down and talk about understanding shame.

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Ed and Alasdair sit down and talk about "The Danger of Being Practical in Counseling".

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Alasdair and Todd discuss the topic of methodology for counselors.

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Alasdair, Mike, and Aaron discuss the topic of self care for counselors.

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Alasdair and Julie talk about sexual assualt and how to help.

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Alasdair Groves sits down to talk with Mike Emlet about addictions.

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Alasdair Groves sits down and talks with Mike Emlet about addictions.

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Alasdair Groves sits down and talks with Laura Andrews about Boundaries.

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Alasdair Groves sits down and talks with David Powlison about Psychiatric Disorders and the Church.

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Mike Emlet and Alasdair Groves sit down and talk about engaging with Scripture.

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Alasdair Groves and Myriam Hertzog talk about Anger Management.

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Alasdair Groves sits down with Pastor Marc Davis about things that he's learned as a pastor.

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Megan Krimmel and Alasdair Groves sit down and talk about engaging with Scripture.

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Alasdair Groves sits down with Julie and Greg Lowe and talk about adoption.

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Alasdair Groves sits down with Julie and Greg Lowe and tell their adoption story.

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Nancy Guthrie and Megan Krimmel sit down and talk about seeing Jesus in Scripture.

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David and Alasdair talk about Spiritual Warfare.

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Aaron and Alasdair talk about prayer in marriage counseling.

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Alasdair Groves and Julie sit down and talk about protecting the vulnerable in the church.

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Alasdair Groves and David Powlison sit down and talk about reading Scripture.

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Alasdair and Darby discuss parenting a disabled child.

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Alasdair, Ed, and Myriam discuss Anger.

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Alasdair and Todd discuss Power in Counseling.

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Alasdair and Julie discuss Play Therapy.

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Alasdair Groves sits down and talks about Borderline Personality Disorder with David Powlison.

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Alasdair Groves sits down and talks about Liars with Ed Welch.

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Alasdair Groves sits down and talks about psychology with David Powlison.

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Alasdair Groves sits down and talks about pastors with Ed Welch.

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Alasdair Groves sits down and talks about children and technology with Julie Lowe.

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Alasdair Groves talks with Julie Lowe about what happens when you report abuse.

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Alasdair Groves sits down with Ric Rodeheaver to talk about Existential Psychology.

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Alasdair Groves and Mike Emlet sit down and talk about OCD. This is part two of a two part series.

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Alasdair Groves and Mike Emlet sit down and talk about OCD. This is part one of a two part series.

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Alasdair Groves and Mike Emlet sit down and talk about Psalm 42 and 43.

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Alasdair Groves and David Powlison sit down and discuss how meaningful Psalm 103 has been to them.

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Alasdair Groves and Julie Lowe sit down and talk about attachment theory.

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Alasdair Groves and Mike Emlet sit down and talk about some of the best aspects of psychology.

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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:45pm EDT

Alasdair Groves and David Powlison sit down and talk about Gender Identity.

Direct download: Gender_Identity_1.m4a
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:38pm EDT

Why Podcasts?

Why podcasts? First, we’ve had a lot of requests asking us to get back on the air. We care about supporting you in life and ministry, so we’re making it happen. Second, the podcast format allows us to touch on topics that can be difficult to cover in other forms of media. Those are two good reasons, but at the heart of why we are relaunching the CCEF podcast is because we recognize that biblical counseling is hard. We want you to know that you are not the only one out there that finds it challenging, and we’re committed to coming alongside and supporting you in the process. We’re in this together.

Direct download: Why_Podcasts__2.m4a
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:38am EDT

Today on the podcast Winston and Myriam sit down with Dr. John Applegate.

Direct download: Meet_Psychiatrist_John_Applegate_converted.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:58am EDT

Today on Help & Hope, Alasdair Groves and Mike Emlet discuss the value of the emotions of the counselee in the moment of the counseling session for the process of walking with them to heal from past hurts.

Direct download: Working_with_what_is_right_in_front_of_you.m4a
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

In another "In The Counselor's Room," Alasdair Groves and Julie Lowe discuss how to help a child counselee to build relational bridges with their parents.

Direct download: Building_Bridges_Between_Parents_and_Teens.m4a
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:39am EDT

Life in a fallen world is painful and broken. As Christians endure hardship and suffering, it is common to feel angry at God in our hearts. Our job as counselors is to help people face the reality of the anger they feel, express it, and repent of it so they can move forward.  Listen as Alasdair Groves and Cecelia Bernhardt discuss how to come alongside and help those who struggle in this way.

Direct download: HH_-_AG_CB_-_Dealing_with_Anger_at_God.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:42pm EDT

This week on Help and Hope, Alasdair Groves and Mike Emlet discuss how to take seriously those statements of counselees that might imply intent to harm themselves.

Direct download: HH_-_AG_ME_-_Taking_people_seriously.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:50pm EDT

This week on Help & Hope, Winston Smith, Bryan Munnings, Mike Emlet, and Myriam Hertzog discuss the issues that are involved in showing tough love to adult children.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_MH_BM_ME_-_when_is_tough_love_appropriate_for_adult_children.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:22pm EDT

How Should You Address Physical Issues in Counseling?

This week on Help and Hope, in a special series called "In The Counselor's Room," Alasdair Groves and Michael Emlet talk about physical issues in counseling.

Direct download: HH_-_AG_ME_-_How_should_you_address_physical_issues_in_counseling.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:37am EDT

This week on Help and Hope we continue our special series "In the Counselor's Room" with guest host Alasdair Groves and Dr. David Powlison, who are discussing the importance of helping people find the watershed moments.

Direct download: Finding_the_Watershed_Moments.m4a
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:41pm EDT

Don't Take Too Many Notes

This week is a special edition of Help and Hope entitled In the Counselor's Room and is hosted by Alasdair Groves who is joined by Mike Emlet to discuss note taking in counseling.

Direct download: HH_-_AG_ME_-_Dont_take_too_many_notes.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:10pm EDT

This week on Help and Hope our host Winston Smith visits with CCEF President Dr. Tim Lane and Myriam Hertzog to discuss the pastor's role as counselor.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_TL_MH_-_what_is_the_pastors_role_as_counselor.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:39pm EDT

This week on Help and Hope our host Winston Smith sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet, Myriam Hertzog and Brian Munnings to discuss a biblical perspective on competition.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_MH_BM_ME_-_A_biblical_perspective_on_competition.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:03pm EDT

This week our host Winston Smith sits down with CCEF president Dr. Tim Lane and Myriam Hertzog to discuss how to love needy, fearful people.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_TL_MH_-_loving_the_fearful_and_needy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:33am EDT

This week our host Winston Smith sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet and Myriam Hertzog to discuss boredom.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_MH_-_Can_boredom_be_addressed_Scripturally.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:32am EDT

This week our host Winston Smith sits down with Dr. Tim Lane and Myriam Hertzog to discuss what makes CCEF cross-cultural.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_TL_MH_-_What_makes_CCEF_cross_cultural.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:11am EDT

In this special edition of Help and Hope entitled "In the Counselor's Room", guest host Alasdair Groves speaks with Dr. Ed Welch about how critical it is for counselees to know and love the Word of God.

Direct download: HH_-_EW_AG_-_ITCR_-_WHAT_DOES_ED_MEAN_BY_THE_WORD_OF_CHRIST.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:45pm EDT

In this special edition of Help and Hope entitled "In the Counselor's Room", guest host Alasdair Groves speaks with Dr. Ed Welch about what Dr. Welch means when he says that "the Word of Christ has to sound good to you".

Direct download: HH_-_EW_AG_-_ITCR_-_THE_WORD_OF_CHRIST_HAS_TO_SOUND_GOOD.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:04am EDT

In this special edition of Help and Hope entitled "In the Counselor's Room", guest host Alasdair Groves speaks with Dr. Ed Welch about how important it is to learn what is most important to your counselee.

Direct download: Learning_What_is_Most_Important.m4a
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:49pm EDT

This week our host Winston Smith sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet and Chris Carter to respond to a question from a parent whose child is suffering with bipolar.


This week our host Winston Smith sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet and Chris Carter to discuss how directive a counselor should be in counseling sessions.


This week our host Winston Smith sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet and Chris Carter to respond to a question about shyness.

Direct download: HH_-_CC_WS_ME_-_4.11.2012_-_is_it_ok_to_be_shy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:01pm EDT

This week our host Winston Smith is joined by Mike Emlet and Chris Carter to respond to a question about anxiety.


This week our host Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith, author of the book "Marriage Matters", and Cecelia Bernhardt, to discuss how to love a spouse who is walking through depression.


This week our host Andrew Ray sits down with Cecelia Bernhardt and Winston Smith to discuss ways biblical counselors measure the effectiveness of their counseling.


This week host Andrew Ray is joined by Dr. David Powlison and Dr. Mike Emlet as they discuss the importance of guarding against pride as counselors.

Direct download: HH_-_1.25.12_-_DP_ME_AR_-_how_to_guard_against_pride_as_a_counselor.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:27am EDT

This week our host Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet and Dr. David Powlison to talk about how to respond to people who try to offer helpful advice in difficult situations but actually their advice makes the situation worse.

Direct download: HH_-_1.25.12_-_DP_ME_AR_-_when_others_try_to_be_helpful_and_arent.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

This week Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison and Julie Lowe to talk about counseling those who have no sense of shame or guilt.


This week on Help and Hope our host Andrew Ray sits down with Julie Lowe and Dr. David Powlison to respond to a question about how to grow in keeping confidences.

Direct download: HH_-_1.11.12_-_Lowe_Powlison_Ray_-_keeping_confidences.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:12pm EDT

Host Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison and Julie Lowe to discuss the difference between guilt and shame.


Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison and special guest Kevin DeYoung to discuss how we can make the truth come alive both in preaching and counseling.

Direct download: HH_-_KDY_AR_DP_-_Making_the_Truth_Come_Alive_in_Counseling.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:04am EDT

Dr. David Powlison and Alasdair Groves discuss Dr. Powlison's 2011 CCEF National conference breakout on Body Image Distortions.

Direct download: NC_2011_-_PODCASTS_-_DP_and_AG_on_Body_Image_Distortions.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:04am EDT

Dr. David Powlison and Alasdair Groves discuss Alasdair's breakout session at the 2011 CCEF National Conference on PTSD.

Direct download: NC_2011_-_PODCASTS_-_DP_and_AG_on_PTSD.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:36am EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison and special guest Kevin DeYoung to discuss the role counseling plays in Kevin's ministry.


This week on Help and Hope, Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison to respond to this question from a listener: "How can Christ help me overcome my sinful past?"

Direct download: HH_-_DP_CC_AR_-_how_can_Christ_heal_me_from_a_very_sinful_past.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:30am EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison and Cecelia Bernhardt to discuss how we can lovingly help a friend to face the reality of his sins.

Direct download: hh_-_dp_cb_ar_-_6.21.2011_-_helping_a_friend_face_reality_of_sins.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:41pm EDT

This week on Help and Hope Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison to respond to a question from a listener who described themselves as "overly sensitive".

Direct download: HH_-_DP_CC_AR_-_help_im_overly_sensitive.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:37pm EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. Tim Lane and Dr. Mike Emlet to discuss some vital ingredients to growing marriages.


This week on Help and Hope Andrew Ray and Chris Carter sit down with Dr. David Powlison to discuss ministry to individuals and families suffering through Alzheimer's.

Direct download: HH_-_DP2C_CC2C_AR_-_Ministering_to_those_suffering_through_Alzheimers.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:39am EDT

This week Andrew Ray and Chris Carter sit down with Tim Lane and Winston Smith to discuss what it means to be a credible counselor.

Direct download: HH_-_TL2C_WS2C_CC2C_AR_-_am_I_a_credible_counselor.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:58am EDT

This week on Help and Hope Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison to discuss why CCEF decided to invite a wide spectrum of biblical counseling perspectives for this years national conference on psychiatric disorders.


This week Andrew Ray and Chris Carter sit down with Tim Lane and Winston Smith to discuss the potential addiction of anger.

Direct download: HH_-_TL2C_WS2C_CC2C_AR_-_can_you_be_addicted_to_anger.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:41pm EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison and Cecelia Bernhardt to discuss how specific we should be in confessing sin.

Direct download: hh_-_dp_cb_ar_-_how_specific_should_i_be_in_confessing_sin.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:06am EDT

This week Andrew Ray and Chris Carter sit down with Tim Lane and Winston Smith to discuss if it is OK to be a stay at home dad.

Direct download: HH_-_TL2C_WS2C_CC2C_AR_-_is_it_OK_to_be_a_stay_at_home_dad.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:12pm EDT

This week Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith and Todd Stryd to discuss the relationship between Seasonal Affective Disorder and depression.


This week Andrew Ray and Chris Carter sit down with Tim Lane and Winston Smith to discuss who should attend the 2011 CCEF national conference.


This week Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith and Todd Stryd to discuss if there is ever a time to walk away from a broken friendship.


Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet and Dr. Tim Lane to discuss grace and law in parenting.

Direct download: HH_-_Lane_Emlet_Ray_-_grace_and_law_in_parenting.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:19pm EDT

This week Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith and Todd Stryd to discuss what wisdom looks like when counseling victims of abuse.

Direct download: HH_-_W_Smith_T_Stryd_A_Ray_-_wisdom_in_counseling_victims_of_abuse.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:49am EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison and Cecelia Bernhardt to discuss ways to grow outwards when feeling socially isolated.

Direct download: hh_-_dp_cb_ar_-_how_can_i_grow_out_of_feeling_socially_isolated.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:55pm EDT

This week Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith and Todd Stryd to discuss ways we can encourage an unwilling spouse to start marriage counseling.


Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet and Dr. Tim Lane to discuss ways to love our parents in their later years.

Direct download: HH_-_Lane_Emlet_Ray_-_loving_an_elderly_parent.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:06pm EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. David Powlison and Cecelia Bernhardt to discuss what it might look like to rebuild trust after being hurt.

Direct download: hh_-_dp_cb_ar_-_how_can_we_rebuild_trust_after_weve_been_hurt.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:31pm EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. Mike Emlet and Dr. Tim Lane to discuss walking through the aftermath of natural disasters with people who've been traumatized.

Direct download: HH_-_Lane_Emlet_Ray_-_counseling_people_after_natural_disasters.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:02am EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith and Cecelia Bernhardt to respond to a question on what real forgiveness looks like.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_and_CB_-_what_does_real_forgiveness_look_like.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:48pm EDT

This week host Andrew Ray sat down with Dr. Tim Lane and Dr. Mike Emlet to discuss how they have grown in applying Scripture during their counseling sessions.


Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith and Cecelia Bernhardt to discuss the differences between formal and informal counseling.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_and_CB_-_Differences_between_formal_and_informal_counseling.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:42pm EDT

This week host Andrew Ray sat down with Dr. Tim Lane and Dr. Mike Emlet to discuss typical misunderstandings in the process of how people change.


This week host Andrew Ray sat down with Dr. Tim Lane and Dr. Mike Emlet to respond to criticism that suggests biblical counseling can seem simplistic at times.

Direct download: HH_-_TL_ME_AR_-_is_biblical_counseling_simplistic.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:31pm EDT

This week Andrew Ray hosted a special edition of Help and Hope with Dr. Tim Lane, Alasdair Groves and Aaron Sironi to discuss sexual misconduct in counseling.

Direct download: HH_-_AR_TL_AS_and_AG_-_A_Discussion_on_Sexual_Misconduct_in_Counseling.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:12pm EDT

Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith and Cecelia Bernhardt to discuss the use of secular resources in biblical counseling.

Direct download: HH_-_WS_and_CB_-_Using_secular_resources_in_counseling.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:37pm EDT

This week host Andrew Ray sat down with Dr. Tim Lane and Dr. Mike Emlet to discuss the differences between counseling at CCEF and in a local church.


CCEF producer Andrew Ray talks with Dr. Tim Lane and CCEF counseling coordinator Todd Stryd about loving the socially awkward.


Andrew Ray sits down with Winston Smith and Cecelia Bernhardt to discuss the question "how can I respond to an angry and defensive counselee?"

Direct download: HH_-_WS_and_CB_-_How_can_I_respond_to_an_angry_or_defensive_counselee.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:18pm EDT

CCEF producer Andrew Ray speaks with Dr. Tim Lane and CCEF counseling coordinator Todd Stryd about those who struggle with faith and the feeling of condemnation.


CCEF producer Andrew Ray sits down with Dr. Tim Lane and CCEF Counseling Coordinator Todd Stryd to discuss helping those who have been hurt by the church.

Direct download: podcast_-_tl_and_ts_-_4.7.2011_-_hurt_by_the_church.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:37pm EDT

Mike Emlet and Julie Lowe discuss the issue of fees for biblical counseling.


Mike Emlet and Julie Lowe discuss the process of forgiving a parent who has wronged you.


Dr. Mike Emlet and Winston Smith discuss the issue of hoarding and how to understand it from a biblical viewpoint.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Mike_and_Winston_-_Hoarding.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:29pm EDT

Mike Emlet and Winston Smith respond to a question about a person who is living in sin and unrepentant.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Mike_and_Winston_-_Living_in_Sin_and_Unrepentent.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:58pm EDT

Mike Emlet and Winston Smith discuss the issue of masturbation and the guilt that surrounds it.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Mike_and_Winston_-_Masturbation_and_Guilt.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:35pm EDT

Help and Hope - Family Relationships are Messy

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Julie_and_David_-_Family_Relationships_that_are_Messy.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:54pm EDT

Dr. David Powlison and Julie Lowe discuss how to walk through marital conflict.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Julie_and_David_-_Walking_Through_Marital_Conflict.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:21pm EDT

Mike Emlet and Julie Lowe respond to a question from a couple in ministry whose sex life has gone from bad to worse.

Direct download: HELP_AND_HOPE_-_MIKE_EMLET_JULIE_LOWE_-_SEX_GONE_BAD.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:09am EDT

Mike Emlet and Julie Lowe discuss how to minister to teenagers who are struggling with depression.

Direct download: HELP_AND_HOPE_-_MIKE_EMLET_JULIE_LOWE_-_Teenagers_and_Depression.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:17pm EDT

Winston Smith and David Powlison discuss how the Lord has walked with them through dark times in their own lives.


Help and Hope with Julie Lowe and David Powlison.


Help and Hope: Mike Emlet and Winston Smith discuss the issue of unexperienced counselors.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Mike_and_Winston_-_Unexperienced_Counselors.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:10pm EDT

Help and Hope Podcast: David Powlison and Winston Smith discuss understanding bipolar.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Winston_and_David_-_Bipolar.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:00am EDT

Help and Hope Podcast: Mike Emlet and Winston Smith discuss dieting and love.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Mike_and_Winston_-_Dieting_and_Love.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:33am EDT

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Julie_and_David_-_How_Can_I_Be_A_Good_Listener.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:27pm EDT


Dr. David Powlison and Dr. Tim Lane discuss how the courses CCEF offers can help us grow both professionally and personally.


This week on Help and Hope - Ed Welch, Mike Emlet and our host Andrew Ray discuss how we can endure through suffering in our lives.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Ed_Welch__Mike_Emlet_-_Endurance_in_Suffering.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:59pm EDT

This week on Help and Hope Andrew Ray talks with CCEF faculty members Julie Lowe and Winston Smith about why humans find themselves so lonely.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Julie_Lowe_and_Winston_Smith_-_Why_are_we_so_lonely.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:10pm EDT

This week on Help and Hope - Ed Welch, Mike Emlet and our host Andrew Ray discuss the question: "How do we know the will of God in our lives?"

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Ed_Welch_and_Mike_Emlet_-_Knowing_the_Will_of_God.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:28pm EDT

Dr. David Powlison and Dr. Tim Lane discuss the similarities and differences between formal and informal counseling.


This week on Help and Hope - Ed Welch, Mike Emlet and our host Andrew Ray discuss the question: "Is Biblical Counseling for Non-Believers?"


Dr. David Powlison and Dr. Tim Lane discuss why they chose the book of Ephesians as the emphasis for the 2010 CCEF National Conference on Marriage. Get more information on our national conference here which takes place in Virginia Beach from November 11-14, 2010.


Dr. David Powlison and Winston Smith respond to the question: "How do I counsel teenagers about sex?" You can submit your own questions on the homepage of our website, www.CCEF.org.


Help and Hope: Dr. David Powlison and Dr. Tim Lane respond to an "Ask the Counselor" question about trusting God with our children.


Dr. David Powlison and Winston Smith respond to the question: "Does a troubled past disqualify someone to be a counselor?" You can submit your own question on the homepage of our website, www.CCEF.org.


Dr. David Powlison and Winston Smith discuss recent news articles suggesting the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be effecting people's sense of security.


This week on Help and Hope: Ed Welch, Mike Emlet and our host Andrew Ray discuss prayer...how is prayer a part of the counseling process?

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Ed_Welch__Mike_Emlet_-_On_Prayer.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:31pm EDT

This week on Help and Hope: Ed Welch, Tim Lane and our host Andrew Ray discuss Facebook...is it really a place to keep up with relationships?

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Is_Facebook_really_Personal.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:29pm EDT

Dr. David Powlison and Winston Smith discuss their thoughts on how to approach depression as a biblical counselor.


This week on Help and Hope: Ed Welch, Tim Lane and our host Andrew Ray discuss a recent study which suggests Americans are getting less sleep than Europeans...how might this effect counseling?

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Sleep_and_Counseling.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:33pm EDT

Robyn Huck, a counselor from Woodstock, Vermont, tells her story about how the Distance Education classes at CCEF have helped train her to wisely listen and speak into the lives of others in her church and community. For more information, go to CCEF.org/newengland.


This week on Help and Hope: Ed Welch, Tim Lane and our host Andrew Ray discuss an "Ask the Counselor" question from a man who doesn't feel respected by his wife.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Love_and_Marriage.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:23pm EDT

How Men handle Breakups

This week on Help and Hope: Ed Welch, Tim Lane and our host Andrew Ray discuss a recent study which suggests that men handle breakups differently than women.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_How_Men_handle_Breakups.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:02pm EDT

Marital Intimacy Part 3

David Powlison discusses issues of intimacy in marriage. Part 3 of 3.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_David_Powlison_-_Marital_Intimacy_3_of_3.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:22pm EDT

Marital Intimacy Part 2

David Powlison discusses issues of intimacy in marriage.  Part 2 of 3.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_David_Powlison_-_Marital_Intimacy_2_of_3.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:05pm EDT

Marital Intimacy Part 1

David Powlison discusses issues of intimacy in marriage.  Part 1 of 3.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_David_Powlison_-_Marital_Intimacy_1_of_3.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:19pm EDT

Data Gathering and Interpretation Part 2

In Part 1 of this podcast, Dr. Paul Tripp discussed how interpretation is critical to the counseling process especially in making sense of the data that comes with knowing a person. This week he discusses why your counsel must be more than situational and relational fixes. It must be a result of looking at a person’s story through the lens of the biblical story.

 

This audio is from the Distance Ed version of Helping Relationships taught by Paul Tripp. This class is designed to focus on the person who is counseling, the process of counseling, and the critical skills necessary to effect change. It focuses on how to bring the person and work of the Redeemer to people in the midst of their problems. It is offered 5 times a year through Distance Ed: August, Oct, Jan, April, and June. Ed Welch also teaches this class in PA in the Spring.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Paul_Tripp_-_Helping_Relationships_Part_2.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:26am EDT

Data Gathering and Interpretation Part 1

How do we make sense out of all that we hear in counseling?

How do we understand what the Bible says to the drama of a particular moment in a person’s life?

Every form of counseling gathers data about a person. And all data gathering needs interpretation to make it worthwhile. It’s the interpretation of the things we get to know about a person that shapes what we say and do in ministry to another. In this two part series, Paul Tripp invites us to think of ministry as a bridge that connects the shore of the Truth of the word of God and the shore of the truths about this person’s reality.

This audio is from the Distance Ed version of Helping Relationships taught by Paul Tripp. This class is designed to focus on the person who is counseling, the process of counseling, and the critical skills necessary to effect change. It focuses on how to bring the person and work of the Redeemer to people in the midst of their problems. It is offered 5 times a year through Distance Ed: August, Oct, Jan, April, and June. Ed Welch also teaches this class in PA in the Spring.

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Paul_Tripp_-_Helping_Relationships_Part_1.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:00pm EDT

Low Self-Esteem: A Case Study Part 2

In Part 1 of this podcast, Dr. David Powlison introduced us to Jimmy who is a man classified as suffering from “low self-esteem.” He challenges us to think through how descriptions, masquerading as explanations, often persuade us that they have the truth about understanding people. This week he will discuss why the self-esteem worldview “appears” to create success stories and why the biblical understanding of self-evaluation goes deeper and beyond rehabilitating the fear of man.

This audio is from the Theology and Secular Psychology class. In this class you learn the skills to love others wisely by truly understanding how they think and put their world together.  It is being offered through CCEF’s Distance Education in June of 2010.  Other classes offered in June are: Dynamics of Biblical Change , Helping Relationships [add link to , Counseling in the Local Church [add link, and Marriage Counseling. Please click here to view the DE course schedule for when these courses are also offered additional times of the year.

Direct download: TSP_Self-esteem_podcast_Pt2.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:54am EDT

Low Self-Esteem: A Case Study

Meet Jimmy. He is a classic case of someone who would be described as suffering from low self-esteem. What are the implications for saying that someone’s problem is their low self-esteem?

Counselor and author, David Powlison begins to challenge us in thinking through how descriptions masquerading as explanations (i.e. Jimmy’s “low self-esteem”) can be engaged with a biblical worldview. This is the first part of a two part series. (Join us next week for Part 2)

This audio is from the Theology and Secular Psychology class which is being offered through Distance Ed in June ‘10. Other classes offered through Distance Ed in June are: Dynamics of Biblical Change, Helping Relationships, Counseling in the Local Church, and Marriage Counseling. Please click here to view the DE course schedule for when these courses are also offered during other times of the year.

Direct download: TSP_Self-esteem_podcast_Pt1.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:25pm EDT

Who am I? I’m an introvert/extrovert.
Who am I? I’m an addict.
Who are the people that I’m talking to? He’s just a liar. She’s a very kind person. This is an ADD child.

One way to get at a person’s view of themselves is to ask the question: What is your personality? There are hundreds of personality tests that we have access to that seem to capture who we are. They can be found in magazines, online quizzes, used in marriage counseling, Facebook, etc. How do terms like “introvert” versus “extrovert” influence our view of who we are? What do we do with these popular terms that seem to capture/identify who we are and yet are not found in Scripture?

Ed Welch teaches a class entitled Human Personality that addresses and challenges these very concerns. For information on the next cohort of this online class, visit: http://www.ccef.org/distance-education-class-schedule or you can register now: http://www.ccef.org/register-now

Direct download: Help_and_Hope_-_Ed_Welch_on_Personality_Tests.mp3
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In Part One of this series, counselor and author David Powlison began to take us on a personal and highly-detailed journey through all the aspects of a counseling relationship, using the case study of "Ann," a woman who is experiencing extreme panic attacks. In part two and part three and part four of this live CCEF training class session, David paused for some questions from his students about dealing with panic and fear. In this final installment of the series, Dr. Powlison discusses the boundaries of the counseling relationship.

Direct download: DP_Panic_Case_Study_FINAL_-_Part_5.mp3
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In Part One of this series, counselor and author David Powlison began to take us on a personal and highly-detailed journey through all the aspects of a counseling relationship, using the case study of "Ann," a woman who is experiencing extreme panic attacks. In part two and part three of this live CCEF training class session, David paused for some questions from his students about dealing with panic and fear. This week, he fields the question "What's the harm in getting to the gospel early in the counseling encounter?"

Direct download: DP_Panic_Case_Study_FINAL_-_Part_4.mp3
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In Part One of this series, counselor and author David Powlison began to take us on a personal and highly-detailed journey through all the aspects of a counseling relationship, using the case study of "Ann," a woman who is experiencing extreme panic attacks. In last week's and this week's podcasts of this live CCEF training class session, David pauses for some questions from his students about dealing with panic and fear.

Direct download: DP_Panic_Case_Study_FINAL_-_Part_3.mp3
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In Part One of this series, counselor and author David Powlison began to take us on a personal and highly-detailed journey through all the aspects of a counseling relationship, using the case study of "Ann," a woman who is experiencing extreme panic attacks. In this week's podcast of this live CCEF training class session, David pauses for some questions from his students about dealing with panic and fear.

Direct download: DP_Panic_Case_Study_FINAL_-_Part_2.mp3
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Direct download: DP_Panic_Case_Study_FINAL_-_Part_1.mp3
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There may be no more cliché topic at this time of year than "resolutions," but David Powlison thinks Christians have something new and unique to say about it. For starters, we have One who keeps all the most important resolutions for us; One who never fails.
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This week's podcast is part two of a visit inside a CCEF Training classroom, Tim Lane's Counseling in the Local Church class. In a segment of the class titled "Growth in Grace," Tim helps us understand how essential the community of the local church is in the sanctification of each of its members.
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This week and next we take you back inside a CCEF Training classroom, this time Tim Lane's Counseling in the Local Church class. In a segment of the class titled "Growth in Grace," Tim helps us understand how essential the community of the local church is in the sanctification of each of its members.
Direct download: growth_in_grace_podcast_pt_1.mp3
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Recently CCEF Executive Director Tim Lane and his wife Barbara traveled to Montreal, Canada, to share CCEF's "How People Change" curriculum with over 500 people at SEMBEQ Seminary in that city. SEMBEQ has formed a partnership with CCEF to assist in their mission of training pastors with a zeal for church planting. The seminary intentionally partners with local churches, and much of the seminarians' training takes place "on the job" in those churches.


During their visit, Tim and Barbara sat down with Francois Turcotte & Francois Picard, two of SEMBEQ's leaders, to discuss their unique vision and mission, as well as how CCEF's teaching ministry has become an indispensible part of the training they offer. This podcast is taken from that conversation.

Direct download: sembeq_montreal_interview.mp3
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It's no secret that sex is everywhere, infiltrating the remotest points of our society. How does a Christian remain in this sex-obsessed world without falling into its lies and snares? Ed Welch teaches how we can live godly lives amid rampant wickedness, and how we can counsel those who have been harmed by it.

Ed is a counselor and faculty member of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation, as well as the author of several books. Today you'll hear Ed in a full-length address titled "Sex in the City, Suburbs, and Countryside: Maintaining Purity in a sex-obsessed culture."

Direct download: Welch_Sex_in_City.mp3
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This week we present a favorite presentation from one of our past National Conferences. Speaker Mark Driscoll is pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle and president of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network. In this podcast from the 2008 National Conference, Pastor Driscoll speaks on "Death by Love: Addiction and Atonement."
Direct download: Driscoll_Death_by_Love.mp3
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This week we present a favorite presentation from one of our past National Conferences. Speaker Elliott Greene is assistant professor of Biblical Languages at Redeemer Theological Seminary, Dallas and Assistant Pastor at New St. Peter's Presbyterian Church (Dallas). He is President/Principal of Tyrannus Hall Foundation for Pastoral Development, bringing biblical and theological training to minority pastors. In this podcast from the 2008 National Conference, Professor Greene shares about “Manipulation: The Subtle Adiction”.

Elliott Greene will be returning to CCEF’s conference this year to teach “When a Position of Authority Is Abused”.

Direct download: Manipulation-The_Subtle_Addiction.mp3
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This week we present a favorite presentation from one of our past National Conferences. Speaker Phil Monroe is a licensed psychologist as well as associate professor and program director at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, PA. In this podcast from the 2008 National Conference, Phil shares “Counseling Strategies for Individuals with Addictions”. Addicts present unique challenges to counselors. This session will explain counseling goals and practical strategies common to a wide variety of problems associated with addictive behaviors, attitudes, and motivations.

Phil will be returning to CCEF’s conference this year to teach “When Sex in Marriage Doesn’t Work”.

The 2009 CCEF National Conference is November 13-15.
Direct download: Monroe_-_Counseling_Strategies_for_Individuals.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:42pm EDT

This week we present a favorite presentation from one of our past National Conferences. Steve Estes is a pastor, author, and board member of CCEF. Speaker Diane Langberg is a practicing psychologist and director of Diane Langberg, Ph. D. & Associates in Jenkintown, PA. She is an international conference speaker and adjunct professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, as well as the author of numerous books and publications, including On the Threshold of Hope and Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse.

In this conference address titled "Self Deception - a Supporting Column of Addiction" Dr. Langberg helps us understand that at the root of not only addiction but most sins is deception, lies we tell not only to God and our loved ones, but to ourselves.

Direct download: Self-Deception_A_Supporting_Column_of_Addiction.mp3
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<p><img alt="Help &amp; Hope Podcast" src="/sites/default/images/hh/hh144.jpg" style="margin-right: 8px;" align="left" height="144" width="144" />This week we invite you into Dr. Winston Smith's Marriage Counseling class to hear a complete lecture on "Communication in Marriage." We wanted to share this lecture with you because we believe it to be an excellent example of CCEF's commitment to bring "Christ to Counseling and Counseling to the Church." In this lecture Dr. Smith will help us see why good communication in marriage starts not with the lips, but with the heart. (Part 2 will be posted next week.)</p>
<p><a href="/sites/default/files/pdf/Sample MC wkbk on communication.pdf">Download sample workbook pages</a> for this class (PDF)</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">This audio is from the <a href="http://www.ccef.org/advanced-counseling-certificate-level-ii">Marriage Counseling</a> class which is being offered this fall on Monday evenings from 6:30-9:30 pm. Other classes offered this coming semester: <a href="http://www.ccef.org/introduction-biblical-counseling-level-i">Counseling and Physiology</a>, <a href="/advanced-counseling-certificate-level-ii#marriagecounseling">Cynamics of Biblical Change</a>, <a href="/advanced-counseling-certificate-level-ii#counselingobservation">Counseling Observation</a>, and <a href="/counseling-apologetics-certificate-level-iii#humanpersonality">Human Personality</a></span></span></p>
<p>Through CCEF's counselor training classes, you will:</p>
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<li>Learn how to help people change through the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. </li>
<li>Enhance your ministry. </li>
<li>Grow in Christ yourself as you learn from our gifted teachers. </li>
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<p><b>Tuition deadline for Fall on-site classes is September 10.</b> <a href="/training">Find out all you need to know </a>and register today!</p>
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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:01pm EDT

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<p>This week we invite you into Dr. David Powlison's Dynamics of Biblical Change class to hear a complete lecture on "Prayer Requests." We wanted to share this lecture with you because we believe it to be an excellent example of CCEF's commitment to bring "Christ to Counseling and Counseling to the Church." Dr. Powlison teaches us that the way we as pastors, counselors, or group leaders model sharing prayer requests can actually become a teachable moment for others in our churches, helping them to better apprehend the grace and mercy of Christ.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ccef.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Sample DBC wkbk on prayer requests.pdf">Download sample workbook pages</a> for this class (PDF)</p>

<p>This class is one of many offered by both CCEF's online and on-site counselor training. (<a href="http://www.ccef.org/training">More info here</a>.) These courses are open to all who might benefit by them.</p>
<p>Through CCEF's counselor training classes, you will:</p>
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<li>Learn how to help people change through the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. </li>
<li>Enhance your ministry. </li>
<li>Grow in Christ yourself as you learn from our gifted teachers. </li>
</ul>
<p><b>Tuition deadline for Fall on-site classes is September 10.</b> <a href="http://www.ccef.org/training">Find out all you need to know </a>and register today!</p>
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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:43pm EDT

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<p>This week we present a favorite presentation from one of our past National Conferences. Steve Estes is a pastor, author, and board member of CCEF. In this talk, he deals with a sensitive and all-too-often ignored issue of church life.</p>
<p>Many church leaders lack the experience or maturity to handle church politics. This can lead to frustration and eventually anger, anger that could result in unwise and harmful decisions and reactions. God's wisdom can help even stressed and harried leaders keep their heads in all situations.</p>
<p><b>The 2009 CCEF National Conference is November 13-15.</b> <a href="/nc2009overview">Click here for more information and to register.</a>. <b>Deadline for Early Bird registration discount is September 15.</b></p>
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Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:01pm EDT

More Glimpses into CCEF's Training Classes

Help & Hope Podcast(Listen to this audio podcast by clicking the play button above.)

This week we take a break from our usual topical podcasts to give you a glimpse into the teaching ministry of CCEF. One of CCEF's greatest blessings is God's provision of our wonderful faculty. In this podcast, we've asked three of those teachers—Mike Emlet, David Powlison, and Tim Lane—to tell us about some of the courses they teach for both CCEF's online and on-site counselor training. (More info here.) Even if you never plan to take one of our courses, we think you'll be inspired and challenged by the passion of these teachers for their subjects.

CCEF's Distance Education training gives you the opportunity to receive the same renowned biblical counseling training that our students in Philadelphia receive, but from the comfort and convenience of your own home.

  • Learn how to help people change through the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
  • Enhance your ministry.
  • Grow in Christ yourself as you learn from our gifted teachers.

Registration deadline for August classes is July 15. Find out all you need to know and register today!

Direct download: disted_courseintros2.mp3
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This week's podcast is an excerpt from an actual CCEF Distance Education class.

Taken from CCEF faculty member Ed Welch's "Counseling: Problems and Procedures" class, this excerpt is from a lecture focusing on suffering, particularly the suffering that results from sexual violation. To hear an extended version of this class sample, click here.

CCEF offers training in biblical counseling both on site (at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia) and online (wherever you have a computer and an Internet connection). To learn more about CCEF Training, click here. Deadline to register for August Distance Classes is July 15.

Direct download: welch_declass_probproc.mp3
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Masturbation, pornography, sexual fantasies...what's so bad about these? No one gets hurt, right? Aren't they better than indulging in actual sexual indecencies with other people? CCEF faculty member Winston Smith addresses the issue of what's sinful (if anything) about these supposedly "victimless" indulgences.

By the way, Winston Smith will be presenting an extended seminar on this topic at the 2009 CCEF National Conference. Early Bird Super Savings on registration end June 30, so head on over to www.ccef.org for more information.
Direct download: smith_solosex.mp3
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This week CCEF faculty member Winston Smith shares some of his observations from many years of marriage counseling. Yes, he's "seen it all," and yet he finds real reasons for hope for marriages, based in what he has seen Christ do in the worst of situations.
Direct download: smith_marriage_hope.mp3
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This week we take a break from our usual topical podcasts to give you a glimpse into the teaching ministry of CCEF. One of CCEF's greatest blessings is God's provision of our wonderful faculty. In this podcast, we've asked three of those teachers, Ed Welch, David Powlison, and Julie Smith Lowe, to tell us about some of the courses they teach for both CCEF's online and onsite counselor training. Even if you never plan to take one of our courses, we think you'll be inspired and challenged by the passion of these teachers for their subjects.
Direct download: ccef_training01.mp3
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David Powlison shares about living with suffering day-to-day.
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David Powlison contrasts our sinful reactions to suffering with the response of Jesus Christ.
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Dr. David Powlison shares about Christians who endure chronic suffering, including himself.
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Speaker: David Powlision

Originally delivered to the Evangelical Theological Society.

To hear more podcasts, or for information about CCEF and its ministries, please visit http://www.ccef.org

(c)2009 Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. All rights reserved.
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David Powlison talks about the interplay between the intellect, the will and the emotions.
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Winston Smith and Cecelia Bernhardt answer questions about issues in biblical counseling at CCEF.  This is part two of the discussion.
Direct download: hh012.mp3
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Winston Smith and Cecelia Bernhardt answer questions about issues in biblical counseling at CCEF.
Direct download: hh011.mp3
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The pain of divorce has many different faces: the end of your hopes and dreams for your marriage; a life full of unwanted changes; and the daily struggle with a mixture of grief, fear, guilt, and anger.  Is recovery possible?  Winston T. Smith is the director of counseling at CCEF and has extensive experience as a marriage and family counselor.  Winston joined us to talk about divorce recovery.  This is part two of a two part discussion.  Part one is also available.
Direct download: hh010.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:00am EDT

The pain of divorce has many different faces: the end of your hopes and dreams for your marriage; a life full of unwanted changes; and the daily struggle with a mixture of grief, fear, guilt, and anger.  Is recovery possible?  Winston T. Smith is the director of counseling at CCEF and has extensive experience as a marriage and family counselor.  Winston joined us to talk about divorce recovery.
Direct download: hh009.mp3
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Today's episode allows us an opportunity to sit in a portion of a small group discussion led by Dr. Ed Welch on the subject of shame.
Direct download: hh008.mp3
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Mike Emlet discusses the importance of understanding both the physical and spiritual well-being of someone God has called you to help. More information about Dr. Emlet’s courses and writing are available by visiting our website at CCEF.org.
Direct download: hh007.mp3
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David Powlison discusses how the Puritans can help us better understand biblical counseling and the Christian life.
Direct download: hh006.mp3
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A Christian Perspective on Grief David Powlison discusses a Christian perspective on Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' five stages of grief.
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Today we welcome Dr. Ed Welch who will be sharing some thoughts on why his books are personal to him and are worth discussing within the broader church body. Dr. Welch is Director of CCEF's School of Biblical Counseling and has spent most of his career counseling, writing and teaching others to counsel. Listen in as he touches on just a few areas that hit close to home for so many of us…
Direct download: hh004.mp3
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Winston Smith discusses marriages and marriage counseling.  Winston teaches a distance education class at CCEF on marriage counseling.  Visit http://www.ccef.org/distance-education-0 for more information.
Direct download: hh003.mp3
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On this episode of Help and Hope David Powlison provides an introduction to the ministry of CCEF and a brief history of the biblical counseling movement.
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Growing in grace is a process.  "Sanctification" is the term used to describe this process of becoming more and more like Jesus Christ.  Tim Lane, Executive Director of CCEF, joins Help & Hope to talk about the role of sanctification in counseling.
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