Hope + Help Podcast

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Deepak Reju & Jonathan Holmes about their books, Rescue Plan: Charting a Course to Restore Prisoners of Pornography and Rescue Skills: Essential Skills for Restoring the Sexually Broken. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What is pornography addiction? • What three elements are critical to consider when charting a course to rescue prisoners of pornography? • What kinds of discipleship skills are needed for helping someone who struggles with pornography? • What are 5 main biblical ideas that speak directly to the heart of pornography addiction? • What do we need to know about the dynamic between pornography and masterbation? • What do we need to know about pornography use in the context of singleness? What distinctive challenges do singles face in this area? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/deepak-reju-jonathan-holmes-rescue-plan-skills 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 and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 Ed Welch about his book, A Small Book about Why We Hide: How Jesus Rescues Us from Insecurity, Regret, Failure, and Shame. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • How is "shame" defined by the Scriptures? How is shame different than guilt? • What is it about Christ's heart that makes him a safe refuge for those who live with shame and regret? • Why doesn't it work when we try to talk ourselves out of insecurities or demeaning thoughts? • What are some "ground rules" for addressing regret? • What role does humility play in addressing shame and regret? • Why is it important for us to live with "the end in view," particularly when it comes to these issues? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/ed-welch-shame-regret 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 and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 Brad Hambrick about his book, Making Sense of Forgiveness: Moving from Hurt Toward Hope. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • Why is forgiveness one of the subjects where Christians are most prone to rush one another? • What does—and doesn't—it mean to extend forgiveness to someone? • In what ways might we be tempted to leverage an offense against someone who has asked for our forgiveness? • Is God's forgiveness for us in Christ unconditional? • What are four principals that can help us think wisely about the role that boundaries might play in the context of forgiveness? • What does it mean that trust is a "proportional value" and how might acknowledging this be helpful to us as we seek to move forward in the process of relational reconciliation? • Why do we often struggle with feelings of fear, anger, mistrust, shame, and even intrusive thoughts in the wake of extending initial forgiveness to someone who has wronged us? View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/forgiveness-brad-hambrick 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 and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 Jenilyn Swett about her book Singleness: Living Faithfully. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • Why is the topic of identity important to consider when discussing singleness? • What are some unhelpful platitudes singles might hear frequently? • What are some challenges and opportunities that are unique to singles in the local church? • How can biblical lament help singles to express their feelings of grief, loneliness, anger, and disappointment? • What is "ambiguous loss" and how might it apply it the context of singleness? • Why is it important for singles to learn how to "talk back" to the self-pity they may be tempted to feel? • How does Revelation 19:6-7 offer hope and perspective to single Christian men and women? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/singleness-jenilyn-swett 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 and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 author and Pastor John Crotts about his book Hope: Living Confidently in God. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What is hope, and why is it important for persevering through hard times? • What is the basis and nature of true Christian hope? • How can meditating on the imagery of Jesus as the anchor of our hope be helpful when we're in despair? • How might we become "practical atheists" when we're going through hard times? • How can we know that God is for us when it feels like everything in life is working against us? • Which biblical realities about our hope can help to sustain us when we feel like we want to quit? • What can we know about how God is working in and through us our prolonged trials? • What is an important biblical "prescription" for despair and how can we practically apply it in hard times? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/hope-john-crotts 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 and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 Caroline Newheiser and Cheryl Marshall about their book, When Words Matter Most: Speaking Truth with Grace to Those You Love. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • Why do you think it can be such a challenge to know which words to say when someone is worried, weary, wayward, or weeping? • What does it mean to be a gracious friend? • How can we grow to become a more gracious friend? • What are some biblical principals for graciously speaking to someone who is reluctant or refusing to listen to us? • What are some biblical principals for speaking graciously to someone who is weeping and/or grieving? • How do the Scriptures encourage those who don't feel like they know how to speak God's truth in a gracious way? • Why is it important for us to remember that we're not our friend's savior? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/when-words-matter-most-newheiser-marshall/ 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 and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 Sharon Betters and Susan Hunt about their book, Aging with Grace: Flourishing in an Anti-Aging Culture. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What does the Bible have to say about aging? • What does Jesus Christ offer to the aging woman who is struggling with a sense of purposelessness in her life? • What does it mean to "travel heavenward" as we age, and how can this biblical concept encourage us during seasons of grief and loss? • What does fruitfulness and flourishing look like in our older years of life? • Which biblical narratives are helpful for the aging woman who feels like it's too late for God to use or redeem her? • What are some practical questions we can ask ourselves to help maintain a biblical perspective on what's going on in our lives as we age? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/aging-with-grace-hunt-betters 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 and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 Robert Kellemen about his books, Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling & Gospel-Centered Family Counseling. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What is gospel-centered counseling, and how does it differ from other counseling methods? • What are four helpful "compass points" of gospel-centered counseling? • How are family counselors meant to "empower" parents rather than "replace" them? • How can counselors grow in their practice of getting family members to talk to one-another during the counseling session? • What kinds of expectations should biblical counselors be setting with counselees in advance, especially as it relates to goal-setting? View the full show notes & links for this episode:https://ibcd.org/gospel-centered-counseling-robert-kellemen/ 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. Listeners can expect to receive biblical wisdom as well as practical steps for facing suffering, struggling, and sin with courage and grace. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit http://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 author Dave Jenkins about his book, The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What to Do About It. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: - What is biblical illiteracy and why is it a problem for Christians? - Why do you think Christians sometimes struggle to consistently spend time in God's word? - What can we do when cognitive limitations impair our ability to spend time reading the Scriptures? - What is the role of the Holy Spirit and how does his ministry work through the Scriptures? - What are some practical ways Christians can become more purposeful in how they engage with Sunday sermons, especially when they struggle to connect with what the Pastor is preaching on? - What role does Christian community play in developing biblical literacy? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/the-word-explored-dave-jenkins/ 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. Listeners can expect to receive biblical wisdom as well as practical steps for facing suffering, struggling, and sin with courage and grace. 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 and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources 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 author Christina Fox about her book, A Holy Fear: Trading Lesser Fears for the Fear of the Lord. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are: • What are some of the different words (and their respective meanings) that the Bible uses to talk about fear? • What are three particular kinds of common fear experiences? • What does it mean to "trade lesser fears for the Fear of the Lord" and what does that look like, practically-speaking? • What does the Bible mean when it speaks about "fear of the Lord?" • How does reflecting on the nature of God, who he is, and what he has done help us to grow in fear of the Lord? • What are some of the promises that God graciously offers to those who fear him? View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/a-holy-fear-christina-fox/ 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. Listeners can expect to receive biblical wisdom as well as practical steps for facing suffering, struggling, and sin with courage and grace. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp. Connect with host Christine Chappell and subscribe to her weekly Christ-centered biblical counseling resources at http://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.