Audios
The Growth of the Biblical Counseling Movement
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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?
Finding the Love of Jesus from Genesis to Revelation
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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.
Counterfeit Heavens: How Treasuring Our Eternal Home Invalidates Addiction’s Lies
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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 fleet-ing pleasures that become habitual and turn into addictions. The way out of addiction is to wait pa-tiently 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.
Addicted to Shiny Things: Why & How to Find Freedom in the Age of the Internet
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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.
022 Elyse Fitzpatrick on ‘Home’
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What is your paradise? What are your conceptions of heaven? Do you long for a place that is not this world?
021 Interview with Elyse Fitzpatrick
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In this episode, Craig Marshall sat down with dynamic writer and teacher Elyse Fitzpatrick. Spend some time learning more about Elyse's unique history and passion for Biblical Counseling. She will also share her thoughts on ‘Screen Addiction,’ a topic she will be tackling at the upcoming Summer Institute 2017.
Longing for an Identity
From the moment Eve chose to go her own way, women have sought out a myriad of identities, continuing to weave fig leaf cover-ups that fail to satisfy. Where can women find a lasting identity that will satisfy the deep need for relationship with a loving, welcoming Father?
Home: How Heaven and the New Earth Will Satisfy Our Deepest Longings
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Topics: Theology
In this world of fear, trials and loneliness counselees often feel adrift, like they’re searching for a place where they can truly make themselves at home. This session explores heaven, the afterlife and the comfort that can be found in knowing our true final destination.
Your Written Word
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Topics: Miscellaneous
Think you want to be a writer? Want to know more about the publishing process? Author Elyse Fitzpatrick shares insights gained from her own writing process and encourages would-be-authors to remember the primary purpose of their message is to give grace to those who hear.
Am I My Sisters Keeper?
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Topics: Women
The Good Shepherd keeps His sheep. What is our role in keeping our sisters? This workshop shows how our care for one another flows out of His care for us. It begins with our own transparency and humility as we confess our sins and allow our sisters to help keep us.
OCD: The Far Side of Fear
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Topics: Anxiety & Worry
Learning to treasure the Lord brings peace to burdened minds. This session gives a biblical perspective on counseling those with OCD and concludes with concrete examples of steps to take worrisome thoughts captive with Scriptural truths.
Christ’s Word To Worriers
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Topics: Anxiety & Worry
Biblically “worry” or “anxiety” means to be drawn in different directions, to be distracted; to have anxious or distracting care. This session will help you to give gospel centered counseling to worriers by rooting the gospel obligations of Scripture in the gospel declarations.
Your Counsel: The Glory Story or the Way of the Cross 1
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Belief in "the glory story" is the primary problem with most of our counselees. In this two part session you will learn the differences between counsel that emphasizes the glory story and counsel that directs counselees in "the way of the cross."
Your Counsel: The Glory Story or the Way of the Cross 2
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Belief in "the glory story" is the primary problem with most of our counselees. In this two part session you will learn the differences between counsel that emphasizes the glory story and counsel that directs counselees in "the way of the cross."
What To Say When The World Caves In
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How should you counsel the suffering? This workshop draws lessons from the book of Job, what his friends teach us about mistakes we can make in counseling and how we can avoid those mistakes as we seek to help those whose world has caved in.
