Podcasts

“What’s the hardest job in the world? Some would argue, ‘motherhood’, and they’re probably right. But anyone who knows a pastor personally, knows that being a pastor is way up there on the list of hardest jobs. And that’s why I talked with Ed Welch today about pastors, the challenges of being a pastor, and […]

“Today’s episode starts with a caveat: the subject is technology, but if you’re listening to this podcast on a computer or a smartphone or an iPad, (and let’s be honest, how else are you possibly listening to this?) that’s still ok. After all, aside from listening to an audio Bible, what possible better use of […]

“One of the scariest things you ever have to do in ministry or in life is to make a phone call to child protective services to report abuse. It’s scary because the stakes are always so high, and the process is so unknown. Now, there’s a lot of good information out there about who you […]

“Have you ever noticed that sometimes even more important than what someone says is how they say it? Have you ever noticed that sometimes we say things and we don’t even know what’s going on inside of ourselves as we say them? We take a unique approach to this question today, actually looking at the […]

“On today’s episode, we are back with part two of our series on obsessive-compulsive disorder. I hope part one whetted your appetite and left you wanting to know, ‘what do I do now that I know a little better what’s going on in the experience of OCD?’ If you haven’t listened to part one yet, […]

“Obsessive-compulsive disorder might be the most joked-about of all the psychiatric labels. ADD probably isn’t far behind. But OCD tends to get brought up a lot in conversation, but also tends to be quite poorly understood. I find that it sounds weird, very strange to most people when they hear about it or think about […]

“Do you ever get whiplash from reading the Psalms? You know that experience, where the psalmist is one minute singing God’s praises and seems to be delighted to be one of God’s children, and then the next moment he is lamenting the day he was born. What do we do with that kind of pendulum […]

“Hey! I’ve got some great news for you: ‘All men are like grass; the grass withers and the flowers fall. Dust you are, and to dust you shall return.’ Not the most cheery passage or passages in the Bible, is it? I’ve always found those a bit bleak and grim. How is this good news? […]

“One place that I hope CCEF can always be a great help to the church is by thinking about the hot-button words that are out there. And they change every few years, but one of the hottest words these days and has been for a while is the word, “attachment.” Thankfully, CCEF has an expert […]

“Biblical Counseling and secular psychology: they haven’t always been the best of friends. That’s putting it mildly, and it makes sense if you think about it. The Biblical Counseling movement was founded in large part as a reaction to the church giving up on pastoral care, or at least a depth of pastoral care. And […]

Alasdair Groves and David Powlison sit down and talk about Gender Identity. Additional Resources Available: Truly Male Truly Female: A Biblical View What does it mean to live life as a gendered being? Is there an “essence” of maleness or femaleness? If so, how should we define it and how does it relate to the […]

Why podcasts? First, we’ve had a lot of requests asking us to get back on the air. We care about supporting you in life and ministry, so we’re making it happen. Second, the podcast format allows us to touch on topics that can be difficult to cover in other forms of media. Those are two […]