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Alasdair GrovesDavid Powlison

Borderline Personality Disorder and Your Church

January 29, 2018

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“I loved doing the podcast you’re about to hear for two reasons. One, borderline personality disorder, which is today’s topic, is one of the places where I think a biblical view of who we are as human beings has especially high potential to shine. I think the Bible allows us such a powerful and unique window in what’s going on inside people in general and people who manage to acquire the label ‘borderline’ in particular, and it was very thought-provoking for me to talk with David about this crucial place where our biblical worldview absolutely has to touch down the ground and roll up its sleeves. The second reason I loved doing it, though, was that it was really cool to see how the church has such an opportunity to do really good ministry, if we can just come to it with the right mindset. I hope you find it as thought-provoking and encouraging as I did.” Host, Alasdair Groves

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Additional Resource: What hope of healing is there for someone with Borderline Personality Disorder? by David Powlison

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Alasdair Groves

Executive Director

Alasdair is the Executive Director of CCEF, as well as a faculty member and counselor. He has served at CCEF since 2009. He holds a master of divinity with an emphasis in counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary. Alasdair cofounded CCEF New England, where he served as director for ten years. He also served as the director of CCEF’s School of Biblical Counseling for three years. He is the host of CCEF’s podcast, Where Life & Scripture Meet, and is the coauthor of Untangling Emotions (Crossway, 2019).

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David Powlison

Author, Speaker

David Powlison served as CCEF’s executive director (2014-2019), a faculty member, and senior editor of the Journal of Biblical Counseling. He held a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary. David wrote extensively on biblical counseling and on the relationship between faith and psychology. His books Seeing with New Eyes and Speaking Truth in Love probe the implications of Scripture for how to understand people and how to counsel. The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context explores the background and development of CCEF’s mission. David is survived by his wife Nan, their three children and spouses, and seven grandchildren.

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