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How Do You Respond to People Who Feel Shame?

Winston Smith

Over the last several years I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to minister to people struggling with shame. As I’ve witnessed its power to crush the spirit, inflict suffering, and cultivate despair I’ve been driven to scripture seeking the Lord’s help to know how to love the victims of shame wisely. Read more »

Is Facebook really Personal?

Ed Welch Tim Lane

This week on Help and Hope: Ed Welch, Tim Lane and our host Andrew Ray discuss Facebook...is it really a place to keep up with relationships? What are the benefits and pitfalls of online social media?

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Counseling Angry, Unmotivated, Self-centered, and Spiritually-indifferent Teens

Rick Horne

Counseling angry and indifferent young people typically begins with presenting issues. But counseling does not stop there. The youth counselor who tries to identify the teen’s problem for him and then offers his own solutions, even his understanding of biblical solutions, does not have to wait very long— maybe five or ten minutes—to see the counseling session fail. The teen tunes out the counselor with polite tolerance, impatient for the session to end. Most often he does not return for a second interview. The angry teen believes that most adults who try to help do two things. They pick the problem(s) to work on, then offer solutions they believe will resolve the problem. In such a session, the teen mentally checks out in short order. Read more »

The Emotional Life of the Mother of the Groom

We don’t often get to see the inner-workings of peoples’ hearts. Here is an encouraging exception. Read here about how one woman worked through her feelings to find God’s rest as she made plans for her son’s wedding. Read more »

Podcast: How do biblical counselors think about depression?

David Powlison Winston Smith

This week on Help and Hope: David Powlison and Winston Smith discuss their thoughts on depression and approaching the topic with others.

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Addressing the Problems of Rebellious Children

Mary Somerville

Sometimes the ministry home can stoke the fires of rebellion in a child’s heart. Even though you may saturate your family with all the resources you have in Christ, you may see your child make wrong choices and take the path of rebellion. This is the hardest thing for parents to go through! It is agonizing to see a child for whom you’ve prayed, in whom you’ve delighted, and to whom you’ve given your life, turn away from Christ. Dear friend, I want to look at this issue with you. I will speak from a very personal perspective as a parent of a rebellious child. I pray you’ll be encouraged through the wisdom found in God’s Word and by seeing God’s faithfulness to our family. Read more »

How Love Comes from Hope

Ed Welch

This is about lessons learned through a messy house and an absent wife. More on that in a just a minute. Read more »

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How specific should a husband be in confessing lust to his wife?

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