CCEF Podcast: Where Life & Scripture Meet

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.

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.

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.

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."

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."

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".

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.