In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Steve Viars about his book, Overcoming Bitterness: Moving from Life's Greatest Hurts to a Life Filled with Joy. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What is "bitterness" and how can we define it from a biblical perspective? • What does it mean that “Bitterness is not first a response—it is first a reality"? • What is the "power of bitter lament?" • Is there a place for "bitter tears" in the life of a believer? What does God's Word say about this reality? • What does bitterness have to do with the desires of a person's heart? • What are a few key biblical principals to keep in mind as we seek to overcome bitterness with God's help? • What does "courageous faith" have to do with melting away the bitterness in our hearts? View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/overcoming-bitterness-steve-viars The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Zach Schlegel about his book, Fearing Others: Putting God First. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What is "fear of man" and how can we tell if it has become a pervasive problem in our life? • What does it mean that "we obey what we fear"? • What does Proverbs 14:26 have to do with the problem of fearing others? • How can the Scriptures help to reframe the way we think about our fear of failure? • What does defensiveness in personal relationships have to do with fearing others? • What does it mean to “Compete to love, not to be loved"—a statement based on Romans 12:10, 15? • What are some practical steps someone could take to address the fear of man they're wrestling with? View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/fearing-others-zach-schlegel The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Vaneetha Risner about her book, Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What are some of the questions, fears, or doubts about God we might wrestle with while walking through layered losses? • How might well-intended encouragements be particularly unhelpful or hurtful to those navigating layered losses? • How does biblical lament transform the way we engage God in the midst of loss? • How might someone process the loss of identity they may feel as a result of their suffering? • How might we think biblically about coming to accept continual loss? • What can personal devotion time look like during spiritually dry seasons of loss and suffering? • What does it mean for suffering to be a "gift" that we "steward?" View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/layered-losses-vaneetha-risner The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Dr. Charles Hodges about his book, The Christian Counselor's Medical Desk Reference. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What are some general guidelines a biblical counselor can use as they care for individuals who have been given a psychiatric diagnosis? • Why is it important to think carefully about the dynamic between medicine and the doctrine of scriptural sufficiency? • When is it appropriate for a biblical counselor consult their counselee's medical doctor? • How can a biblical counselor care for someone who is labeled with obsessive compulsive disorder? • Why do diagnoses of schizophrenia seem to be on the rise? • How might a biblical counselor care for someone who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia? View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/medical-desk-reference-charles-hodges The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Michael Gembola about his book, Anxious About Decisions: Finding Freedom in the Peace of God. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What makes decision making "an arena for spiritual formation"? • What role does risk play when it comes to making decisions? • What are four counterproductive practices someone might engage in when experiencing decision-related anxiety? • How do "mystical" and "magical" views of God's guidance serve to stoke decision anxiety? • In what ways might culture and family upbringing influence our approaches to decision making? • What might it look like to exercise the skill of decision-making when we find ourselves "sweating the small stuff?" • What are some practical next steps a person could take if they find themselves battling decision anxiety? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/anxious-about-decisions-michael-gembola The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Katie Faris about her book, God is Still Good: Gospel Hope and Comfort for the Unexpected Sorrows of Motherhood. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • Why is it helpful for a mother to take the time to grieve her unexpected sorrows? • How does lament help moms to process their pain while they wait on God for help? • How can a mom honestly address her grief-laden questions in a way that builds—not breaks—her faith? • Which truths about God's character can help moms to process their difficult questions or discouraging doubts? • How might a mom engage her anxiety in the midst of unexpected sorrow? • How can a mom identify and address the discontentment she feels in response to her unexpected sorrows? • What are some practical steps a mom can take today if she's feeling overwhelmed or discouraged? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/god-is-still-good-katie-faris The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Rush Witt about his book, I Want to Escape: Reaching for Hope When Life is Too Much. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What are some words to describe the experience of feeling overwhelmed by life? • What are four common "escape routes" we might be tempted to take when we feel overwhelmed? • How do suicide and self-harm relate to our desires to escape pain or overwhelming emotion? • What are three reasons why we can be "courageously dependent" on God when life is too much? • What does it look like, practically-speaking, to be courageously dependent on God when we're tempted to escape life through other means, such as denial, distraction, deflection & destruction, or even death? • How does the hope and help of Jesus Christ encourage someone who feels overwhelmed by life? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/i-want-to-escape-rush-witt The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Lauren Whitman about her mini-book, Mom Guilt: Escaping Its Strong Hold. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What are some ways that mom-guilt might manifest in the everyday life of a mother? • How does mom guilt differ from true guilt? • How can a mother's view of her personal limitations influence her feelings of mom guilt, and how does God's Word reorient our perspective in this area? • How does the gospel ease the pressure mom's might feel to be “supermom?" • What role does the "comparison trap" play when it comes to the experience of mom guilt? • Why is it true that fear may sometimes be at the root of mom guilt? • What role does Christian community, particularly in the local church, play in the life of a woman who is wrestling with feelings of mom guilt? • What are some immediate practical steps a mother could take to begin to address the mom guilt she’s feeling? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/mom-guilt-lauren-whitman The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Don Roy about his work with military veterans through the Fallen Soldiers March organization. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What are some of the challenges military veterans experience after their time spent in service? • Why is suicide so prevalent among former service members? • What is the transition from active combat duty to civilian life like, and what impact does this transition sometimes have on families? • Why does loneliness seem to be a problem for former service members? What steps could someone take to address the relational disconnection they feel? • What are some common faith-related questions military veterans may be wrestling with? • In what ways does being a former service member influence a person's identity, value, or purpose in life? How does the gospel of Jesus Christ speak into these particular realities? • What role does lament play in helping military veterans to give voice to some of their painful experiences or to process some of their painful memories? • What might a well-balanced support system look like for former service member who’s learning to “cope with the ‘Consequences of War’ in ways that glorify God”? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/veterans-don-roy The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Eric Schumacher about his book, Ours: Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving Miscarriage. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What are some thoughts or emotions that might take men by surprise when walking through a miscarriage? • Why does viewing a miscarried baby as an actual child (instead of a "potential" child) help men to process their loss? • How can men think about the helplessness and uncertainty that swells post-miscarriage from a biblical perspective? • What can men know about what Jesus is going in the midst of their grief? • How can men fight against the temptation to despair post-miscarriage? • If children are a reward from the Lord, then is miscarriage and/or infertility a punishment from the Lord? • How might men process the anger they may be feeling post-miscarriage? • How does the hope and help of Jesus Christ offer comfort to men grieving miscarriage? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/miscarriage-eric-schumacher The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com. IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.