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Life Counsel Bible

The Life Counsel Bible provides biblical counsel and practical wisdom for pastors, ministry leaders, counselors, parents, couples, and any individual seeking practical wisdom through the application of God’s Word. This excellent resource brings together the Bible and wonderful articles from biblical counseling leaders to help people apply the wisdom from God’s Word to their daily lives. Rush Witt, Acquisitions Editor of Biblical Counseling Resources at New Growth Press, joins us for this episode of 15:14 to discuss the creation process and benefits of the Life Counsel Bible. 

 

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Biblical Counseling in Jordan with Rev. & Dr. Kawar

Reverend Fares Kawar and his wife, Dr. Ibtissam Kawar, serve together in their local church and operate Ajyal Biblical Counseling Center. The name “Ajyal” means “generations” in Arabic. Ajyal ministry started in 2000 as a small family ministry aiming to restore relationships to God’s purposes and plan. Rev. & Dr. Kawar join us for this episode of 15:14 to discuss the history of their ministry and the landscape of biblical counseling in Jordan. If you would like to make a donation of books, in English or Arabic, to their biblical counseling library, contact us at podcast@biblicalcc.org and we can provide an address in the United States where you can ship donated books. 

 

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Helen Thorne-Allenson

Helen is the Director of Training and Resources at BCUK (Biblical Counseling United Kingdom). She is an experienced speaker, counselor, and author whose recent books include Hope in an Anxious World, Walking with Domestic Abuse Sufferers, Purity is Possible, Real Change, and Real Change for Students. She has completed CCEF’s certificate courses and holds an MA in Applied Theology. In this episode, we talk to Helen about the state of biblical counseling in the UK, what BCUK has been up to lately, and her recent book with Steve Midgley, Mental Health and Your Church. If you would like information on how to support BCUK financially from the United States, please email them at info@bcuk.org.

 

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Betty-Anne Van Rees

Betty-Anne Van Rees is a member of the BCC Board of Directors. She serves the local church in discipleship roles that include speaking, teaching, mentoring, counseling, and training biblical counselors. Fueled by her passion to see the Canadian church convinced and equipped to care for souls through the living Word (both incarnate and inspired), Betty-Anne has worked together with a team of like-minded men and women to launch the Canadian BCC. The roles closest to Betty-Anne’s heart are being mom to Laura, Joshua and his wife Jenni, and grandma to Emma and Ethan. In this “Getting to Know You” episode, we learn about Betty-Anne’s life, ministry, and love for God.

 

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Michael Leister

Michael Leister is a member of the BCC Council and serves as pastor-elder at NordRhön Bible Church in Hünfeld/Germany and as professor for Biblical Counseling at EBTC European Bible Training Center in Berlin, Rheinland, and Zürich. He is a board member of NBS Network for Biblical Soul care and of KfG Konferenz für Gemeindegründung in Germany, a network of about 400 independent Bible-believing churches. Michael attended a Torchbearer Bible School in Canada and studied Biblical Counseling under Wayne Mack in South Africa as well as at the Master’s University in Santa Clarita, CA. In this “Getting to Know You” episode, we learn about Michael’s upbringing, conversion, introduction to biblical counseling, and some of what God is doing through biblical counseling in Germany. 

 

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Tim St. John

Tim St. John is a Member of the BCC Council and serves as the counseling pastor at Lighthouse Community Church in Torrance, CA. He’s a graduate of The Master’s Seminary (MDiv, ThM) and completed counseling certificate training through ACBC and CCEF. Tim’s passion is to see the grace of gospel-centered counseling grow and thrive in local churches. In this “Getting to Know You” episode, we learn about Tim’s life and ministry. 

 

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Kike Torres

Kike Torres is a member of the BCC Council and has served as lead pastor of Horizonte Querétaro since 2011. He is the founder of the Calvary Chapel School of Ministry in México and the Biblical Counseling Center at Querétaro. Kike also writes for The Gospel Coalition and is the founder and president of the Biblical Counseling Coalition in Mexico, which hosts the annual National Biblical Counseling Conference, as well as regional biblical counseling conferences. He is currently pursuing ACBC certification and a MACS at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Paulina, and they have one son. In this “Getting to Know…” episode, we hear about Kike’s life, conversion to Christianity, his introduction to biblical counseling, and about what God is doing in Latin America through biblical counseling. 

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Jeremy Oliver

Jeremy Oliver is a member of the BCC Council. He serves as an Assistant Professor of Applied Theology at Cedarville University and as a consultant with Soul Care Consulting. Prior to this, Jeremy served as an elder and pastor of Soul Care Ministries at Harvest Bible Church in Phoenix, AZ. He is a certified biblical counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). In this episode, Jeremy shares about the growth of biblical counseling at Cedarville University and how he was brought on to develop the program there. 

 

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Scott Mehl

Scott Mehl (MDiv, The Master’s Seminary; DMin, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a pastor at Cornerstone Church of West Los Angeles, the managing director of the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship, a fellow of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, and an author. He and his wife, Lara, have four children. In this episode of 15:14, we discuss Dr. Mehl’s latest book, Redeeming Sex in Marriage.

 

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Jim Newcomer and Kelly Collier

Shepherd Press & the Wilds have partnered to create the LifeLine Mini Books for Teens series. Our guests, Dr. Jim Newcomer and Kelly Collier, helped bring this series to life. Listen and hear their heart for creating resources that speak directly to teens, and find out about some of the unique elements of this series. 

 

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