On this episode of “Help and Hope: In the Counseling Room,” Alasdair Groves talks with Ed Welch about a phrase he uses from time to time in counseling: “the Word of Christ has to sound good to you.” Ed draws his answer from the banquet feast presented to us in Isaiah 55.
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Alasdair Groves
Alasdair served at CCEF for over twenty-five years, including for five years as the Executive Director. 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).
Ed Welch
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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).
