We’ve been cooped up now for several weeks and many of you haven’t had any real significant social contact in all that time. Some of you are not only cooped up, but laid off. Perhaps you have applied for unemployment benefits because your company has essentially shut down. Others of...
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Editors Note: This lecture was delivered by Dr. Stephen Yuille in October 2019 at ACBC's 2019 Annual Conference....
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Dale Johnson: This week on the podcast I am excited that one of my former pastors, Bryan Gaines, is going to be with us. Bryan is the Pastor of Family Discipleship at Grace Community Church in Glen Rose, Texas. He regularly teaches and equips parents in their church. He also...
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Featuring: Why study the difficult chapters in the Bible? Lamenting VS. Complaining in Scripture How to use a passage like Psalm 88 in counseling Chapters of lament provide prayers for our suffering Notes: When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God and Joy - John...
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Dale Johnson: I am joined by Dan and Pam Gannon. Dan is a retired orthopedic surgeon and Pam is an RN. She worked as an ICU nurse for quite some time and she spoke at our 2018 Annual Conference. They live in Bozeman, Montana where they attend Grace Bible Church. They're...
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Featuring: - Human suffering is real - Earthly remedies do not satisfy - The anchor of future hope - Application for biblical counseling Heaven's Hope Here is the day that we have had circled on the calendar for about 18 months. Today is the day of our Annual Conference and Pre-Conference in Memphis, Tennessee at...
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Because of recent events, there has been a lot written about the topic of depression and suicide, much of which has been very critical of churches and biblical counselors. We have a friend who has been engaged in a long-term heroic struggle with depression that has included times of fighting suicidal thoughts. She has been following the many blogs...
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The Burdened Life Life after Genesis 3 has its fill of conflict, sorrow, pain, suffering, and troubles piled upon troubles. The Bible does not hide this reality. King David expresses a melody of vexation in Psalm 6:6-7: I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears. My eye has wasted away...
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Featuring: - How the Psalms of Ascent help us to keep our eyes fixed upon our eternal home - How the Psalms capture humanity - How Psalm impact the counseling room - How the Psalms capture the emotions of Christ . Resources: Longing for Home: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent The Path of Life: Blessedness in...
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Childhood sexual abuse. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Postpartum Depression. Anorexia. Bipolar Disorder. Same-sex attraction. These are just a sample of the counseling problems discussed in Counseling the Hard Cases by Stuart Scott and Heath Lambert. This work is a compilation of stories written by a team of biblical counselors who relay...
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