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Tim Lane and Paul Tripp
Change and Your Relationships Curriculum

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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.

David Powlison & worship leader Bob Kauflin chat about the similar roles of a worship leader and a Christian counselor during a break at the 2009 CCEF National Convention.

David Powlison & worship leader Bob Kauflin chat about the similar roles of a worship leader and a Christian counselor during a break at the 2009 CCEF National Convention.

Don't Just Tell Them...Show Them

Now that we’ve entered into the “nuts and bolts” phase of the marriage counseling class, a principle that I regularly emphasize is how important it is for husbands and wives to interact with one another during sessions and not just with the counselor.

One of the great questions facing Christians in the social sciences and helping professions is this one: How do we legitimately and meaningfully connect the conceptual stock of the Bible and Christian tradition with the tech¬nical terminologies and observational riches of the behavioral sciences?  Within this perennial question, two particular sub-questions have long intrigued and perplexed me.