15:14 - Biblical Counseling Coalition

Twelve Stones

Scott O’Malley is Executive Director of Twelve Stones. Twelve Stones is a biblical counseling ministry focused on counseling retreats for individuals or couples. They have ministered to more than 2,300 individuals from around the world. Scott joins us for this episode of 15:14 to discuss the history and philosophy of Twelve Stones and to walk us through their unique counseling format.

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Dr. Rob Green (Rebroadcast)

Meet Dr. Rob Green. Rob is a BCC Council Member who serves as Pastor of Counseling and Seminary Ministries at Faith Church in Lafayette, IN. On today’s episode of 15:14, listen and learn how Rob went from athlete to engineering student to biblical counselor. He also shares some highs and lows of biblical counseling ministry and how the Lord preserves him in ministry.

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Lauren Whitman

Lauren Whitman joins the 15:14 podcast today to discuss her book, A Biblical Counseling Process: Guidance for the Beginning Middle, and End from New Growth Press. Lauren holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary. She serves as a Staff Counselor at Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF). In addition to serving as a counselor, Lauren also works as the developmental editor for the Journal of Biblical Counseling and has authored numerous JBC articles.

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Deepak Reju

Deepak Reju is a member of the Board of Directors for the Biblical Counseling Coalition. He serves as the Pastor of Biblical Counseling and Families at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. Deepak does individual and couples counseling, leads groups, develops the vision for the counseling ministry, and supervises the counseling team. He did his theological training at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv, PhD). Deepak and his wife, Sarah, have been married since 2001 and have five children. He is the author of On Guard: Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse at Church, The Pastor and Counseling: The Basics of Shepherding Members in Need, She’s Got the Wrong Guy: Why Smart Women Settle, and Pornography: Fighting for Purity. Deepak joins us for this episode of 15:14 to share about his upbringing, journey to faith, and lessons learned in biblical counseling.

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Margy Tripp (Rebroadcast)

Check out our most downloaded episode of 2021! Margy Tripp is an author, biblical counselor, teacher, and speaker. She and her husband, Tedd Tripp, minister alongside one another through Shepherding the Heart Ministries. Margy joins us for this episode of 15:14 to discuss her most recent book It’s Not Too Late: Restoring Broken Relationships with Teenage and Adult Children.

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Ed Welch(Rebroadcast)

Ed Welch (Ph.D.) joins Curtis to discuss his book, A Small Book about a Big Problem. Dr. Welch brings years of wisdom gleaned from counseling many who struggle with sinful anger to this very accessible book. It is written for all people, whether they think they have a problem with anger or not, and it is written in short bites intended to be chewed on throughout the day for 50 days.

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Stand for Biblical Counseling

This episode of 15:14 is unique. Our guest, Steve Viars, joins us to inform you and ask for your help regarding a direct attack against biblical counseling in West Lafayette, Indiana. Faith Church in Lafayette is an historic church in the modern biblical counseling movement. One of their campuses is in West Lafayette and would come under the jurisdiction of Ordinance 31-21. This ordinance claims to ban “Conversion Therapy” but expands the definition of this therapy beyond its original meaning and includes any attempt at altering a person’s sexual expression/identity/preference/desires/practice in any way, even if the person is seeking help to change. In addition, this ordinance targets non-licenced counselors with fines of $1,000/day for violating this ordinance. 

LGBTQ advocates have been working to ban all attempts to help anyone turn away from the lifestyle they wish to promote and live in accordance with God’s design for human sexuality. This map shows the advancement of the LGBTQ movement to accomplish its goal on this particular issue. 

Individuals and churches in the area started a non-profit organization called Lafayette Citizens for Freedom. You can find out more about the organization and how you can support their efforts at the website freedomlafayette.org. 

In this episode, Dr. Viars shares how this legislation came to be, how Faith, and others have responded, and how you can learn from their example to address similar legislation in your community. 

Previous episodes with Steve Viars:

Loving Your Community

Steve Viars

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Dr. Nate Brooks

Nate Brooks (PhD) serves as the Assistant Professor of Christian Counseling at the Charlotte campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. Nate, his wife Kate, and their children live on their mini-farm in Rock Hill, South Carolina and attend Lake Wylie Baptist Church. Dr. Brooks joins us to discuss his upbringing, conversion, introduction to biblical counseling, and lessons learned from biblical counseling ministry.

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Two Minute Favorites Vol. 6

It has been a couple years, but it’s back! Two Minute Favorites Vol. 6. Thanks to our team for putting together this collection of “Two Minute Favorites” from 2021.

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Juan Moncayo

BCC Council Member Juan Moncayo joins us for this episode of 15:14 to share about his life and journey to faith and biblical counseling. Juan’s testimony is an incredible display of God’s providence in all aspects of life. Juan serves as the lead pastor of La Fuente Church in his hometown of Quito, Ecuador. He joined us once before, on our 100th episode, to share about what God is doing in Ecuador through biblical counseling. You can find that episode here.

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