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Ed Welch

Faculty

Ed is a faculty member and counselor at CCEF, where he has served since 1981. He holds a doctor of philosophy in counseling (neuropsychology) from the University of Utah and a master of divinity from Biblical Theological Seminary. Ed is a licensed psychologist and has been active in local church ministry for decades. He has written numerous books, including When People Are Big and God Is Small (P&R Publishing, 1997), Shame Interrupted (New Growth Press, 2012), Side by Side (Crossway, 2015), and Created to Draw Near (Crossway, 2020).

Books Written by Ed Welch

Someone I Know Is Grieving: Responding with Humility and Compassion Featured Image

Someone I Know Is Grieving: Responding with Humility and Compassion

When People Are Big and God Is Small, Second Edition Featured Image

When People Are Big and God Is Small, Second Edition

I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis: What Does the Bible Say? Featured Image

I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis: What Does the Bible Say?

Zoe’s Time to Shine: When You Want to Hide Featured Image

Zoe’s Time to Shine: When You Want to Hide

A Small Book About Why We Hide Featured Image

A Small Book About Why We Hide

Gwen Tells Tales: When it’s Hard to Tell the Truth Featured Image

Gwen Tells Tales: When it’s Hard to Tell the Truth

Caspian Crashes the Party: When You Are Jealous Featured Image

Caspian Crashes the Party: When You Are Jealous

Helping Children with Shame: Resting in God’s Approval Featured Image

Helping Children with Shame: Resting in God’s Approval

Blog Posts by Ed Welch

Simplify in Order to Understand Featured Image

November 9, 2023

Simplify in Order to Understand

Dramatic Faithfulness for the Unfaithful Featured Image

September 21, 2023

Dramatic Faithfulness for the Unfaithful

As Jesus Sleeps Featured Image

August 31, 2023

As Jesus Sleeps

Natural Ability or Needy before God? Featured Image

Natural Ability or Needy before God?

Videos Featuring Ed Welch

Helping Relationships Lecture Clip Featured Image

November 2, 2023

Helping Relationships Lecture Clip

How can biblical counseling help my preaching? Featured Image

How can biblical counseling help my preaching?

How do I persevere as a pastor when my ministry feels fruitless? Featured Image

January 19, 2023

How do I persevere as a pastor when my ministry feels fruitless?

I struggle with addiction. I want to change but I don’t want to change. What do I do? Featured Image

September 9, 2022

I struggle with addiction. I want to change but I don’t want to change. What do I do?

Podcast Episodes Featuring Ed Welch

Addictions Featured Image

Addictions

Alasdair Groves, Ed Welch

The Danger of Being Practical in Counseling Featured Image

The Danger of Being Practical in Counseling

Alasdair Groves, Ed Welch

Anger with Ed Welch and Myriam Hertzog Featured Image

Anger with Ed Welch and Myriam Hertzog

Alasdair Groves, Ed Welch

Pathological Liars with Ed Welch Featured Image

January 16, 2018

Pathological Liars with Ed Welch

Alasdair Groves, Ed Welch

JBC Articles Written By Ed Welch

How to Talk with God: Four Days in Psalm 22 Featured Image

November 25, 2023

How to Talk with God: Four Days in Psalm 22

The Unlikely Path from Shame to Boasting Featured Image

The Unlikely Path from Shame to Boasting

Manliness for Every Husband Featured Image

Manliness for Every Husband

Mistakes We Make with Grieving People Featured Image

Mistakes We Make with Grieving People

Courses Instructed by Ed Welch

Applied Theology of the Person Featured Image

Applied Theology of the Person

Helping Relationships Featured Image

Helping Relationships