I am a Child of God
The Scriptures teach that a believer’s identity is associated with their belonging in the family of God. This talk will help those listening understand how their position in the family of God informs their identity.
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I am Sanctified
Sanctification is a dynamic process; established by God, carried out by God, and completed by God. Yet, human effort is involved in God’s design of sanctification. Much of that effort flows from an accurate understanding of self as having been crucified with Christ and raised with him to new life.
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I am my Upbringing: Moving Beyond Family Identity
Many come to us with deep-seated identity issues that are bound up in their upbringing. They see “family identity” as inescapably shaping who they are and what they do. This workshop will help people biblically examine their upbringing and its effect on their lives.
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Who Am I?
There are so many ways for us to define ourselves: From our politics, to our family size, our denomination, to our recycling habits, our spiritual disciplines…On and on it goes as we try to discover which fig leaf fits best. In addition, we look to the law to make us happy only to find ourselves filled with despair when we fail (again!) or pride, which is even worse when we succeed. Who are we? How does the Bible define us? And why is that the only identity that will satisfy us?
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Get Over Yourself!
The goal of this talk is to address personality from a biblical perspective. We begin with the presupposition that all believers, regardless of natural disposition, are new creatures. From there we affirm the expectation that each is to imitateChrist. Finally, we will develop practical implications so that each person can realize the effect of the gospel in his or her own life.
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Abounding in Hope and Able to Counsel
Every Christian should aspire to be a gospel counselor to others and church leaders should nurture such an aspiration in their people. This workshop spotlights how the Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Romans, fostered this aspiration in his readers, giving them extensive gospel counsel and then commissioning them to do the same for one another. This workshop unpacks Paul’s approach, which provides a hopeful vision for church leaders and church members who want to participate in a flourishing of gospel-centered counseling in their churches.
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I am Successful
In a high-tempo, status-seeking, achievement-driven, celebrity-worshiping world how are Christians to view “success.” Are high achievers called to scorn their success? Is the pastor whose ministry never grows above 25 people a failure? What if my career is my identity? These questions and more will be addressed by examining relevant biblical passages to see what God has to say about success.
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As a Good Soldier of Christ
This workshop considers how to balance past military experience and identity in Christ.
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How Christ Transforms us in our Diseases and Disabilities
Life in a fallen world involves many forms of suffering, including medical diseases, health issues, and disabilities of all types.This workshop will explore the ways that the gospel intersects and provides transformation in these avenues of suffering.
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You are Your Calling
This workshop explores the concept that all believers have a calling fromGod and that all legitimate callings are holy to the Lord, not just religious callings. We will consider what this means for identity in general and the counseling relationship specifically. Particular emphasis will be placed on how this impacts retirement.
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Be Not Wise in your Own Eyes
The sin of “being wise in one’s own eyes” is easy to see in others, yet difficult to see in ourselves. Because this prideful self-perception is so hazardous to our spiritual health and to the giving and receiving of biblical counsel, we sometimes need to target this sin first in order to create an opening for progress on other fronts. In this workshop, we make an effort to expose this sinful self-perception and replace it with a new perspective shaped by the gospel
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I am Dating the Wrong Guy
How do you know who is the right guy and who is the wrong guy? Join us as we think about trusting Jesus, looking for godly men, and avoiding the wrong guys.
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Keep Yourselves From Idols
This workshop will teach you how to identify the idols that are hidden in your heart and will demonstrate how the Gospel expels the idols leading to a heart that worships the One true God.
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I am Called to Ministry
Has your call to ministry become idolatrous? Has ministry become your chief identity? Is it possible to worship ministry instead
of the Lord of ministry? Let’s work on keeping priorities balanced.
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I am not a Victim: Overcoming Domestic Abuse
By its very nature domestic violence attacks the identity of those who experience it. Abusive people use intimidation, manipulation, and mind games that leave their victims confused, insecure, and believing they are worthless. This workshop will explore ways to help victims of domestic abuse overcome the common lies and beliefs that prevent them from realizing their true identity in Christ.
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Defined by my Sexuality
In this workshop, we will seek out the biblical response to those that define themselves by homosexuality.
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You are Your Gender
This workshop explores the Biblical basis for gender and how that impacts identity. Also, we will explore how one’s gender is tied to one’s expression of theImage of God. Finally, we will extrapolate the implications for counseling.
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I am a Porn Struggler
How do we help a single man struggling with pornography?Join us as we think about applying a four-fold strategy for helping strugglers.
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Addiction, Identity, and the Gospel
How does identity in Christ transform a person struggling with addictions? This worship will aim to demonstrate how a believer’s union with Christ is at the center of ministering to addicts and how the resources found in the gospel are an addict’s only hope for true change.
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I am a Ministry Wife
Women married to men in ministry face physical and spiritual challenges. These stresses will be identified and biblical help will be applied.The goal is a life which glorifies the Lord.
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I am a Grandparent
This session considers how a Christian is uniquely called to live out Grandparenthood.
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I am Worthless: Overcoming Self-Hate
Self-hate is a subterranean problem, usually buried deep under layers of relational conflict, anxiety, and depression. Self-hate is not a form of humility, but is a problem with the perception of self. God has a superior message for self-haters.
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I am Not Scarred for Life: Overcoming Childhood Sexual Abuse
Children who are sexually abused lack the ability to process what has happened to them. Although they intrinsically know what happened was wrong, most carry tremendous guilt and shame and see themselves as permanently damaged. This session will focus on helping victims of childhood sexual abuse overcome the negative impacts of trauma.
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Finding my Identity as a Biblical Counselor
How should I think and feel about myself if my counselees reject what I have been saying? Should I identify myself as a biblical counselor? What are the ways I can determine whether or not I am effective?
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The Beginning of Knowledge
This workshop reviews how to help counselee’s find their identity in Christ rather than in worldly education.
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You are a Prophet, Priest, and King
This workshop explores one of the key concepts of the Protestant Reformation that is often forgotten. Most of us know of the five “solas”, but do you know of the “omnis”? This workshop explores the concept that all believers are Prophets, Priests, and Kings and what this means for identity in general and the counseling relationship specifically.
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Helping Abuse Survivors Find Identity in Christ
Issues of identity are some of the most difficult and painful questions facing survivors of abuse. Sadly, many abuse survivors look to false-refuge help and settle for a counterfeit identity as their source of strength and hope. This workshop will demonstrate that Jesus is the true refuge for abuse survivors and that identity inHim is the pathway to true healing, transformation, and lasting hope.
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PTSD: Moving Past Trauma
This workshop will help those who have been diagnosed with PTSD and those who counsel them. We will take the D out of PTSD and by understanding the nature of this difficult struggle through a biblical lens.
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I am my Ministry: Perspectives on Life and Calling
For many of us in ministry, our ministry becomes our life. There is something beautiful in living out one’s calling in service to Christ, but there can also be dangers in too closely associating our identity with our calling. In this workshop we will seek a biblical balance between life and calling.
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I am not my Love Language
This workshop will explore the idea of “Love Languages” and how they should be considered in light of our identity in Christ.
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Counseling Systems and the Labels that Become Identity
Where do psychological labels come from and how is a treatment plan developed? How should we think about these labels as believers with a high view of Scripture?
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I am Not the Opinions of Others
From Bible times until now we see examples of those who live to keep others happy. Some have even abandoned the faith in order to avoid conflict. This workshop will look at this serious sin and will give suggestions on how to fight it.
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Fit for Duty
This workshop considers the supremacy of finding one’s identity in Christ rather than in fitness goals.
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I am a Sinner
Sin is so tragic because it corrupts what is most beautiful: God’s personhood displayed in people. Capacities God intended for good are distorted—from the way we think, to the desires that drive us, to our deepest commitments. Accurately understanding who we are means acknowledging this corruption and looking outside ourselves for a solution.
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I am Chosen
Finding Identity in Christ (Jim Newheiser)
Jim Newheiser joins Bob and Ann Maree Goudzwaard to discuss his upcoming talks at the 2019 Training Institute on identity. They unpack why Christians should anchor their primary identity in Christ and avoid over-identifying with secondary labels or sins.
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Union with Christ (Keith Palmer)
Keith Palmer joins Bob and Ann Maree Goudzwaard to discuss his upcoming sessions at the 2019 Training Institute on identity. How can understanding our union with Christ help counselors work through difficult issues like abuse and addiction?
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Identity as a Child of God (Greg Gifford)
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Essentials Preview – Part 2 (Scott Mehl)
Bob and Ann Maree Goudzwaard continue discussing the “essentials” of biblical counseling with Scott Mehl. This upcoming pre-conference content will become the new introductory-level curriculum for IBCD!
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Essentials Preview – Part 1 (Scott Mehl)
Bob and Ann Maree Goudzwaard discuss the “essentials” of biblical counseling with Scott Mehl. This upcoming pre-conference content will become the new introductory-level curriculum for IBCD!
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Identity and Labels (Deepak Reju)
Bob & Ann Maree Goudzwaard discuss the topic of identity with Deepak Reju, Pastor of Biblical Counseling and Families at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. Deepak is one of our plenary speakers at the 2019 Institute “Identity Crisis” in June.
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Greg Gifford on Teaching at Masters
Bob & Ann Maree Goudzwaard discuss academics and counseling with Greg Gifford, a pastor and assistant professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University.
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The Biblical Counseling Coalition with Curtis Solomon
Craig Marshall and Ann Maree Goudzwaard talk with Curtis Solomon about his work as the director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition.
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Loving Jesus – Zack Eswine
Craig Marshall talks with Pastor Zack Eswine about the wisdom literature and how these underused texts can inform our counseling and illuminate how Jesus spoke to suffering people.
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Slowing Down and Listening
Craig Marshall talks with Pastor Scott Mehl what he has learned doing biblical counseling through church planting. How can we practice discipleship well and create meaningful relationships?
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Technology & The Church
Jim Newheiser and Bob Goudzwaard talk with Tim Challies about his popular blogging ministry and the blessings and challenges of technology for the church.
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The Growth of the Biblical Counseling Movement
Jim Newheiser and the Goudzwaard’s sit down with Elyse Fitzpatrick to get a sense of the history of the biblical counseling movement. How did all this get started and where are we headed?
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How to Say “No”: Managing Counselee Expectations
Some biblical counselors don’t even think about saying “No” to the expectations of counselees; other counselors may struggle with the fear of disapproval this may bring. Counselors are to be committed, sacrificial, and long-suffering; but not without lots of wisdom.
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Counseling from the Attributes of God
The task of counseling is inherently a God-ward task, with a God-ward focus. In order for us to truly be helpful to people, we must bring them to an accurate understanding of God through His word. In understanding God, Scripture says they are transformed from one level of glory to another. This session will help demonstrate for you why this is true, and how to go about this in the counseling process.
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Save the Saints – Brian Borgman
Craig and Darci Marshall talk with Brian Borgman about the role of shepherding as a key component of pastoring. How do we bring the warning passages of scripture into counseling?
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The Guilt of Sexual Abuse Trauma: The Sinner and the Sinned-Against
Sexual trauma always brings guilt—guilt toward God and man. This session will help both the sinner and sinned against understand their response in the aftermath of sexual trauma by demonstrating the biblical types of guilt that one can incur, and the biblical responses for each.
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Ministering to Families with Disabilities
Regardless of the nature of the disability, its impact will be far-reaching. The disabled person is clearly affected, but so are those who have a relationship with that person, and they need the loving support of others. This session will encourage people to consider how the network of relationships in community, particularly in the church, can minister to the family affected by disability.
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Helping Survivors of Combat Trauma
Trauma is a life issue, not a military issue. However, there are particularities with the types of trauma experienced in combat. Come learn how to minister to the men and women who have faced the horrors of war in service to their nation.
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Keeping Your Faith and Sanity with a Prodigal Child
This workshop will give you practical tools for keeping your grip on Christ while your children reject what you cherish the most. It also contains instruction on how to design daily truth statements to steady your mind when fear for your child’s eternal destiny overwhelms you.
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Leadership & Accountability with Dave Harvey
Jim Newheiser and Bob Goudzwaard talk with Dave Harvey about the challenges of ministry and leadership. How can we develop a church culture of authenticity and transparency?
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A Mother’s Story of Prayer and Fasting for Her Prodigal
The mother of a prodigal often feels helpless and despairing as she watches her child choose folly over faith. This can lead to a spiritual turmoil in the heart of the parent. This workshop will look at the role of prayer and fasting in strengthening the mother’s spiritual life. Personal stories and practical tips will be included.
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Yours They Were: The Covenant of Redemption and Wayward Children
Oftentimes, when it comes to the salvation of their children, we find that our counselees hope was based on one of two things; their performance as parents or their child’s response to their competency. Imagine then the immense guilt they feel when their children reject the Lord. Their grief wavering between having failed miserably as a parent and the eternal destruction that seemingly awaits their child. Both of those self-centered hopes can bring about fear, deep pain, and profound regret for the counselee. This session will examine where things go awry and the truths we must rest our hope on as parents.
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Finding the Love of Jesus from Genesis to Revelation
For so many of us, the strange stories and bloody rituals of the Old Testament seem completely unrelated to our Christian faith…and yet, Jesus said that all the Old Testament was actually about him. In addition, frequently women feel like the Bible is biased against them and they wonder whether God is still a little irritated about that whole Garden of Eden thing. In this session, Elyse will explain what Jesus taught his disciples about the meaning of the OT and we’ll look at examples that will testify about God’s ongoing love for women.
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Save the Saints: The Church’s Role and Responsibility in Rescuing the Wandering
The perseverance of the saints is a community effort at finishing the race together. What happens when one stops running? The church community is called to action, to rescue the wandering, to “save the saints.” In this session Brian Borgman uses James 5:19-20 to show us how eternally important it is that we go after wandering prodigals.
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PTSD (Curtis Solomon & Greg Gifford)
Bob & Ann Maree Goudzwaard discuss counseling questions on PTSD with two veterans: Curtis Solomon (Director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition) and Greg Gifford (Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University).
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Resurrecting a Shattered Faith – Luke 24
Some of those whom we call “prodigals” have experienced faith-shattering events that contribute to their loss of hope in Christ, just like Christ’s earliest followers who found themselves reeling from the devastating events of Christ’s suffering and crucifixion. Wonderfully, the resurrected Christ meets these disappointed souls in their despair and reawakens their faith one step at a time. As a result of His thoughtful ministry to them, their faith is revived and deepened; and we are left with an example to follow as we seek to minister to certain prodigals in our lives.
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The Centrality of Love for Counseling
In our efforts to help, counsel, and disciple others, we seek to gain the appropriate knowledge and skills for the task. But, in our attempt to be good counselors, good disciplers, or even just good friends, we can skip right past the fundamental requirement to all personal ministry: to love. In this session we’ll explore why loving those we’re ministering to and caring for is so centrally important to the work we’ve all been called to.
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Counseling Sexual Struggles in Marriage
Sexual struggles are some of the most common, yet unaddressed, difficulties for many married couples. To help a couple grow in their marriage will often involve counseling them through their sexual struggles. But, as always, biblical counsel must begin with a clear biblical vision for what God created sex to be and how couples should view and understand it rightly in light of that design.
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The Gospel and Mental Health
We hear every day that our nation and our communities are in the midst of a mental health crisis. But, what exactly is mental health? Does the Bible have anything to say about it? How can we, as Christians, understand what the world calls mental health? And what, if anything, do biblical counselors have to offer to those struggling with these common and serious problems?
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Dealing with Wayward Parents
Many young adults face significant challenges from their parents. Issues include controlling parents, parents who disparage one’s spouse, parents who don’t properly fulfill their role as grandparents, parents who are financially irresponsible, parents who fall into serious sins including immorality and substance abuse, etc. What responsibilities do adult children have to their parents? What should adult children do when their own lives and families are being impacted by the waywardness of their parents?
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Practical Issues in Church Discipline
Sound biblical counseling functions in the context of the local church. Counselees must be committed members of a faithful local church which follows biblical principles of church discipline. Counselors work with church leaders to follow biblical principles of church discipline so that counselees can be, if necessary, restored and so that the church will be kept pure.
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Getting Things Done Like a Christian
God created us for a purpose. We exist in this world to do good to others which in turn brings glory to God. In this session we will see how Christians can live their lives with purpose and get things done in a way that serves their God-given mission.
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Great Men and Their Godly Moms
It may surprise us to learn how many of our Christian heroes were shaped by the attentiveness and godliness of their mothers. Even though they may have had fathers who were present, involved, and godly, still they would insist that their primary spiritual influencer had been their mother. In this session we will draw both challenge and encouragement from a few of them.
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Sage Healing: The Remedies Wisdom Trusts
Sometimes fixes can’t come quickly or at all (at least in the way we want). What do we offer others when the puzzle isn’t solved and a quick fix isn’t an option? The wisdom literature of the Bible shows us the way in Jesus.
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Sage Listening: The Talk Wisdom Uses
Sometimes the best way to overcome defensiveness for those in sorrows, sins or skepticisms is to cultivate the language of metaphor and indirect speech. Jesus, as the fulfillment of the Bible’s wisdom literature, teaches us this lost art.
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Sage Presence: The Welcome Wisdom Offers
When we counsel, parent or befriend someone with trials and troubles, how can we cultivate a listening presence? The wisdom literature of the Bible points us to Jesus and shows us how.
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What is Normal?
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you?
Whether you are dealing with an unfaithful marriage partner, a rebellious child, or a wayward friend, the counsel you offer needs to be pursued in a gospel-rooted approach, grounded in truth and practiced in the midst of Christian community.
This resource was recorded live at the 2018 Institute: Loving Wayward Souls: Grace for our Prodigals
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Departures, Desertions and Leadership Suffering
To be a pastor is to experience euphoric peaks and dark valleys. Often the most discouraging and depressing moments for pastors come when those they have served depart or desert the church. It often brings up questions about identity, endurance and calling, all summarized by “pastoral suffering.” This session will explore how the Apostle Paul navigated the same experiences and applied the gospel in powerful ways to the struggles of ministry. More importantly, the session is designed to impart hope to any pastors suffering under the cloud of a painful separation, or wanting to be equipped to help others cope with the loss of those they love.
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Faith For Waiting
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you?
Whether you are dealing with an unfaithful marriage partner, a rebellious child, or a wayward friend, the counsel you offer needs to be pursued in a gospel-rooted approach, grounded in truth and practiced in the midst of Christian community.
This resource was recorded live at the 2018 Institute: Loving Wayward Souls: Grace for our Prodigals
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The Gospel Divides Families
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you?
Whether you are dealing with an unfaithful marriage partner, a rebellious child, or a wayward friend, the counsel you offer needs to be pursued in a gospel-rooted approach, grounded in truth and practiced in the midst of Christian community.
This resource was recorded live at the 2018 Institute: Loving Wayward Souls: Grace for our Prodigals
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A Fool’s Story: From Simple-ism to Hope
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you?
Whether you are dealing with an unfaithful marriage partner, a rebellious child, or a wayward friend, the counsel you offer needs to be pursued in a gospel-rooted approach, grounded in truth and practiced in the midst of Christian community.
This resource was recorded live at the 2018 Institute: Loving Wayward Souls: Grace for our Prodigals
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The Lost Sheep
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you?
Whether you are dealing with an unfaithful marriage partner, a rebellious child, or a wayward friend, the counsel you offer needs to be pursued in a gospel-rooted approach, grounded in truth and practiced in the midst of Christian community.
This resource was recorded live at the 2018 Institute: Loving Wayward Souls: Grace for our Prodigals
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Rugged Love for The Wayward Soul
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you?
Whether you are dealing with an unfaithful marriage partner, a rebellious child, or a wayward friend, the counsel you offer needs to be pursued in a gospel-rooted approach, grounded in truth and practiced in the midst of Christian community.
This resource was recorded live at the 2018 Institute: Loving Wayward Souls: Grace for our Prodigals
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Profile of a Prodigal
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you?
Whether you are dealing with an unfaithful marriage partner, a rebellious child, or a wayward friend, the counsel you offer needs to be pursued in a gospel-rooted approach, grounded in truth and practiced in the midst of Christian community.
This resource was recorded live at the 2018 Institute: Loving Wayward Souls: Grace for our Prodigals
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Helping the Family Through PTSD
Families are often the ones most influenced by PTSD, and also the ones most qualified to minister to their loved one with PTSD. This session will help the counselor equip the family to become a helpful environment and influence for biblical change.
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Helping the Individual Through PTSD
Having established hope that God’s Word addresses this challenging topic, this session will offer some specific ways the counselor can help the counselee to move forward.
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PTSD as an Interpretive Phenomenon
The way one interprets the original trauma influences the way they respond to the trauma. This session will help the attendee understand what encourages individuals to interpret trauma in certain ways, and how to help them form a biblical worldview.
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Demystifying PTSD
Receiving the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be scary or even debilitating to a person. It can also be intimidating to a biblical counselor who wants to help. The goal of this session is to pull back the shroud of mystery that makes PTSD so scary for both counselor and counselee, and offer the assurance that God’s Word does address this challenging issue.
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CDC2-21. The Divine Design for Marriage
Marriage is a stage designed to show forth the realities of the gospel. This seminar will set forth the biblical vision of marriage and give practical counsel of how we can reorient our hearts and actions so our marriages better reflect the profound realities they illustrate.
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CDC2-30. What’s Medical About Mental Illness?
Is mental illness due to sin or disease? This session discusses the controversy on this topic, discusses biblical definitions of illness and sin and offers suggestions for how to be helpful in the midst of the controversy.
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CDC2-31. Counseling People With a Psychological Diagnosis
Many counselees are living with a prior psychological diagnosis. How can we help them with compassion and humility? This session will help you learn to speak biblically to heart and life issues of counselees regardless of diagnosis.
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CDC2-22. Transforming Grace in Marriage Roles 1
The gospel of grace needs to be at the heart of how we understand marriage roles. Both husband and wife have a unique part to play that shows forth the relationship of Christ with his church. This session will focus on the role of the husband in marriage.
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CDC2-23. Transforming Grace in Marriage Roles 2
The gospel of grace needs to be at the heart of how we understand marriage roles. Both husband and wife have a unique part to play that shows forth the relationship of Christ with his church. This session will focus on the role of the wife in marriage.
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CDC2-24. Keys to Preserving and Strengthening Your Marriage
Marriage requires lifelong maintenance to keep it healthy and strong. It takes a lot of effort to guard and grow your marriage but the reward is more than worth it. This session will discuss many practical ways to preserve and strengthen your marriage.
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When to Stop Counseling
Bob Goudzwaard and Jim Newheiser walk through one of the IBCD handouts which lists eight cues that signal a counselee’s readiness to move from official counseling into a more casual discipleship relationship in his local church.
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Counseling Medical Issues
Bob Goudzwaard sits down with Jim Newheiser to talk about medical and mental issues in counseling. What can biblical counselors offer to those with pathological brain conditions?
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Interview with Shannon McCoy pt 2
Craig continues speaking with counselor and speaker Shannon McCoy about the issue of “instant gratification” and how to cultivate spiritual disciplines to counterbalance this problem. Shannon also describes what it is like to be a woman in the biblical counseling world and how she creates different opportunities to practice one-another care.
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Interview with Shannon McCoy pt 1
Craig interviews counselor and speaker Shannon McCoy about her journey into biblical counseling and her concern for women in the church. They also discuss the topic of “instant gratification” and the heart issues surrounding it.
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Postpartum Depression
How does Scripture speak to women struggling with Postpartum Depression? In this podcast, Caroline Newheiser speaks with Ann Maree Goudzwaard about the strength, promises, hope, and resurrection power found in God’s sustaining Word.
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Q/A When People Reject our Counsel
When counseling, responses can vary widely. What do we do when people don’t take our counsel? Craig and Jim sit down to discuss a listener question about this personal aspect of the counseling process.
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035 Interview with Keith Palmer
How can churches create a culture of discipleship? Workshop speaker Keith Palmer talks with Craig Marshall about how he came into biblical counseling, his work with ACBC, and how his church practices one-another care with the ministry of the Center for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship. This interview was recorded live at the 2017 Institute “Addictions: Grace for the Journey.“
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034 Interview with George Scipione
Former Executive Director George Scipione talks about the early days of IBCD and the biblical counseling movement. He joins Jim Newheiser to pass on what they have learned over the years through difficulties in ministry and counseling. This interview was recorded live at the 2017 Institute “Addictions: Grace for the Journey.“
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033 Interview with Brian Borgman
Pastor Brian Borgman talks about how his church uses IBCD resources for counseling. He also unpacks what his 25 years of ministry has taught him about dealing with addiction. This interview was recorded live at the 2017 Institute “Addictions: Grace for the Journey.“
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032 Interview with The Newheisers
Craig sits down with Jim and Caroline Newheiser to catch up since their move to North Carolina. They talk about Jim’s new work and Caroline’s experience in the Master of Arts in Counseling program at RTS. Caroline discusses how women can become involved in one-another care and the opportunities women have to serve in the church. This interview was recorded live at the 2017 Institute “Addictions: Grace for the Journey.“
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031 Interview with Charles Hodges
Keynote speaker Dr. Charles Hodges speaks with Craig about counseling people with addictions from his perspective as a medical doctor. They also discuss the process of filming the IBCD Observation video on bipolar disorder. This interview was recorded live at the 2017 Institute “Addictions: Grace for the Journey.“
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030 Interview with Mark Shaw
Keynote speaker Mark Shaw works with Vision of Hope, a women’s residential program that deals with addictions, eating disorders, self-harm and unplanned pregnancies. This interview with Craig and Jim was recorded live at the 2017 Institute “Addictions: Grace for the Journey.”
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029 Interview with Ed Welch
Ed Welch is a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) and was our keynote speaker at the 2017 Institute “Addictions: Grace for the Journey.” In this interview with Craig and Jim, he explains how he views the intersection between shame and addiction and how to address it with counselees.t with counselees.
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028 Interview with Chris Moles
Our keynote speaker Chris Moles sits down with Craig and Jim to discuss how he got into counseling domestic abuse cases and ministering to abusers. They also discuss his book, ͞The Heart of Domestic Abuse.͟ This interview was recorded live at the 2017 Institute “Addictions: Grace for the Journey.”
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Rebuilding a Marriage After an Affair part 2
In this two-part audio series, Wayne Mack discusses principles for recovering from an affair. He begins by discussing the nature of marriage and its relationship to Christianity as ‘heart’ religion. Wayne Mack also articulates how to properly confess an adulterous sin to a spouse. He then finishes by discussing 12 steps for rebuilding the marriage.
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Rebuilding a Marriage After an Affair part 1
In this two-part audio series, Wayne Mack discusses principles for recovering from an affair. He begins by discussing the nature of marriage and its relationship to Christianity as ‘heart’ religion. Wayne Mack also articulates how to properly confess an adulterous sin to a spouse. He then finishes by discussing 12 steps for rebuilding the marriage.
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¿Qué es la consejería bíblica 2?
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¿Qué es la consejería bíblica 1?
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Gracia para cuando las cosas son difíciles
Las pruebas son experiencias ordinarias para cristianos que viven en un mundo caído. Puedes confiar que Dios está obrando en tus pruebas y que usa las pruebas para ayudarte a crecer. Esta sesión te ayudará ver la bondad de Dios en tus pruebas.
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Aconsejando a aquellos que han perdido un cónyuge o un hijo
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Aconsejando a las víctimas de abuso
Las victimas de todos tipos de abuso necesitan ayuda para superar su situación en una manera bíblica. Esta sesión habla de aspectos de aconsejar a aquellos que han sufrido el abuso.
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Aconsejando a aquellos que abusan
El evangelio ofrece esperanza aún a los que han abusado a otra persona. Esta sesión habla de varios aspectos de aconsejar a aquellos que abusan.
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Palabras tiernas o palabras destructivas
Hay más que ciento cincuenta referencias en el libro de Proverbios que nos habla de nuestra manera de hablar. Esta sesión tendrá que ver no solo de lo que sale de nuestra boca, sino también de lo que se encuentra en nuestro corazón. A medida que nuestro corazón cambia, nuestra manera de hablar cambiará.
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Counterfeit Heavens: How Treasuring Our Eternal Home Invalidates Addiction’s Lies
Everyone of us is homesick. We’re all longing for our true Home in heaven with all the redeemed and the Lord Jesus Christ. Because we suffer with this homesickness, we try to fill the void with fleeting pleasures that become habitual and turn into addictions. The way out of addiction is to wait patiently for the joys that are to come, and to live in the hope of the promises of God: Jesus has gone on before us as a forerunner guaranteeing our safe arrival and complete satisfaction and joy.
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Pastoral Lessons from Dealing with Addictions
During 25 years of ministry, we have seen many struggle with addiction. We have made many mistakes, we have seen people abandon the faith, but we have also seen God rescue souls. This session will focus on pastoral lessons learned and will also feature the testimonies of some who repented and were restored.
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The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Counseling
This workshop studies the Biblical concept of the Fear of the LORD. We will define the term, explore its centrality to discipleship counseling both for the counselor and counselee and discuss how to teach this as the core foundation of counseling.
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Addicted to Food (and/or Exercise)
While some people turn to drugs and alcohol to get high or to relieve stress, many turn to food which can be just as dangerous an idol as substance abuse. Other people are addicted to fitness to the extent that it becomes harmful to their lives and relationships. How can we overcome temptation to make an idol out of our food and our bodies?
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Counseling Controlling Husbands
In this session author Chris Moles will discuss the important factors involved in counseling controlling husbands.
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The Dangers of Self-Help Philosophies
This session provides a critique of Alcoholics Anonymous (& other self-help groups) and Celebrate Recovery. It seeks to identify how messages in these programs undermine the Word of God and op-pose the Gospel.
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Addicted to Shiny Things: Why & How to Find Freedom in the Age of the Internet
To say that we are addicted to our screens is axiomatic. As I wrote and researched this talk, I was in front of a screen. In this presentation, I will discuss a brief history of technologies, how they were received historically, how they changed the world for good and ill, and how pervasive this one is in our lives. I will talk about reasons to unplug (and levels of “unplugged-ness”) and ways to accom-plish that, all in the light of the gospel.
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The Necessity of Individualized Counseling
This workshop explores the dangers of mechanical counseling that oversimplifies by employing a one-size-fits-all approach to counseling. We will examine the necessity of applying the Word of God to the needs of the individual and his particular circumstances.
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Crafting Temptation and Repentance Plans to Help Addicts
Addressing temptation and practicing biblical repentance are two keys for counseling success in ministry to addicts. This workshop will aid counselors in creating specific biblical action plans for counselees to utilize when temptation arises or repentance is needed.
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Psychiatric Medication and Spiritual Depression
What does the Bible have to say about the use of medication to treat depression? What does the current medical literature say about the medical treatment of depression? This workshop will attempt to answer those questions from a medical and biblical counseling viewpoint.
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Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
Substance abuse is often a factor in situations of domestic violence. In this session author Chris Moles will help counselors learn to deal with situations like these.
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Helping Family Members
Families of addicts often need help as much as the addicts themselves. This session gives biblical passages and practical help for counseling the families of addicts. It also discusses how idolatry im-pacts the family, how enabling hurts rather than helps, and what can be seen when an addict truly repents.
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Gospel Hope for Instant Gratification Junkies
Instant gratification junkies are hooked on immediate satisfaction at any cost. This trap can make you susceptible to addictions, anger, jealousy, and negative impulsive behaviors. The pursuit of instant gratification has detrimental effects on your Christian walk. When there is a problem, you want God to fix things quickly. When He does not, you take matters into your own hands making the situation ultimately worse. This seminar will expose the heart issues of instant gratification and will show how the gospel can help you escape the instant gratification trap.
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Medicine and Biblical Sufficiency
Biblical Counseling has been shaped by the doctrine of sufficiency. We will examine how that doc-trine and the science of medicine interact when we encounter those with worry, depression, OCD, and other emotional struggles. Can the Bible help when we counsel those with medical emotional labels?
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Addictions and the Discouraged Counselor
All counselors struggle at times with discouragement in counseling, particularly in harder cases like addictions. This workshop will offer biblical hope and encouragement to the discouraged counselor in need of spiritual refreshment.
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Self-Harm
Learn how to offer hope in your biblical counsel of self-injurers by treating it as sinful heart issue rather than mental illness.
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Lies: Believing Them and Telling Them
A neglected biblical theme for addiction is the movement from lies to truth, and from the Liar to the Truth. Our job is to do whatever we can to invite strugglers to be open and honest.
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Living with an Angry Husband
Some women live with husbands who routinely express anger in its many forms. The Bible gives direction on this subject. Counselors will be taught how to help these women respond biblically to their husbands.
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The Attributes of a Christ-like Counselor
This workshop explores the attributes of Jesus, the Wonderful Counselor and the Holy Spirit, the Other Counselor. We will examine what makes them the competent counselors that they are. Also, we will examine how these attributes must be and can be in your counsel. Finally, we will learn how you can develop these attributes.
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Basic Principles, Procedures, and Strategies for Counseling Addictions
Addiction cases can be some of the most complicated cases in counseling ministry. This workshop will present a toolbox of biblical principles applied to various aspects of counseling those struggling with addictions.
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Overcoming Abusive Speech
The Bible teaches that words can be as destructive (or abusive) as fists. Every time we open our mouths we are either promoting God’s kingdom by building others up or we are extending the realm of the Evil One by tearing others down. How can our sinful tongues be tamed?
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Relapse Prevention
When an “addict” repents, you will know it. Learn how to identify the fruit of repentance found only in an abiding relationship with Christ.
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Hear the Addict’s Story, Retell the Addict’s Story
Our help comes in two parts: knowing a person’s story and knowing Scripture’s retelling of their story. Both are essential. In this session you will learn to really listen to your counselees and then help them reshape their stories from a biblical perspective.
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Helping People Come to the God who Satisfies
All addicts are seeking a satisfaction in something that will never truly satisfy them. In this session Dr. Jim Newheiser will discuss the need to lead addicts to the God who satisfies.
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How the Physiology of Addiction Complicates Counseling
Counseling those who struggle with substance abuse is a challenging problem in our society. We will discuss how addictive drugs affect the brain and how that may complicate counseling from a Biblical perspective.
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Understanding Temptation: The War Within Your Heart
Identify three idolatrous heart issues in all people. Find out how these desires connect our flesh with the temptations of the world’s system and the devil. Topic helps counselor work with any counselee, especially the addicted.
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Biblical Insights into Addiction
Gain insight into the heart of an addict to learn how to competently counseling someone struggling with addiction through an exposition of Proverbs 23:29-35.
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To Be Human is to Say “No”: A Biblical History of Temptation
Self-control is not a popular teaching, and we can offer it in ways that are not inviting. Our task is to learn it in a way that we find it attractive and can make it attractive and compelling to others.
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Every Addict Lives with Shame
Listen to addicts and you will hear shame, shame that preceded the addiction and shame that resulted from the addiction. And here, in their shame, they can hear some of the most beautiful words they could possibly hear.
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Helping Women Who Have Had Abortions
This workshop helps you identify and understand the post-abortive woman and then leading her though the steps of confession, forgiveness, and real freedom that only Christ can offer.
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The Impact of Abuse on Children
The church and church leaders have a biblical responsibility toward the vulnerable and children. This session author Chris Moles will discuss both social and theological considerations of the impact of domestic violence on children.
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Victim Care
In this session author Chris Moles will teach how to give real help, hope and healing to victims of domestic abuse.
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The Heart of Domestic Violence
This session will seek to rethink some past approaches to situations of domestic violence, redefine this common problem and reach to the heart of the issue with hope to redeem these situations for God’s glory.
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What is Domestic Violence?
In this session author Chris Moles will define domestic violence, explain the motivations and tactics of perpetrators and discuss the various manifestations of domestic violence including physical, sexual, emotional, economic and psychological abuse.
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027 Q & A Feeling Stuck in Counseling
What practical things should we do in situations where the problems are circular and there never seems to be any change? How should we feel when people don’t take our counsel? In this episode IBCD Executive Director Jim Newheiser joins Craig Marshall to answer a listener’s question about feeling stuck as a counselor.