CCEF Podcast: Where Life & Scripture Meet

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

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.

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?"

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.

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.

In this episode, the first of five parts, counselor and author David Powlison begins to take us on a personal and highly-detailed journey through all the aspects of a counseling relationship. He introduces us to "Ann," a woman who is experiencing extreme panic attacks as she "walks through the valley of the shadow of death." David lays a foundation for "Ann" of reality: the reality of her situation and the equal reality of God's loving care for her.

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.

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.