Garrett, Hayley and Deepak start season 4 with a conversation about dating, starting with the role of appreciation and attraction.

Deepak, Hayley and Garrett talk about using Scripture as homework.

Resources Mentioned:
31-Day Devotionals for Life (Series)
Workbooks and resources from Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation

Deepak, Hayley and Garrett talk about the importance of homework and how and when to assign it in counseling. Sounds boring but it’s more important than you might realize!

Resources Mentioned
Good and Angry by David Powlison

Garrett, Deepak and Hayley interview Ellen on a woman’s battle with sexual sin.

Resources Mentioned

• Sexual Sanity for Women by Ellen Dykas
• Sex and the Single Girl by Ellen Dykas
• Your Dating Relationship and Your Sexual Past by Ellen Dykas
• What’s Wrong with a Little Porn? (single version) – Harvest USA
• What’s Wrong with a Little Porn? (married version) – Harvest USA
• Harvest USA

Garrett, Hayley and Deepak offer ten thoughts for singles on why and how to fight for purity.


Resources Mentioned:

Pure in Heart: Sexual Sin and the Promises of God by Garrett Kell
Pornography: Fighting for Purity by Deepack Reju 
Single and Lonely: Finding the Intimacy You Desire by Jayne Clark
Struggling Through Singleness: Help for the Journey by Jane Clark

Deepak, Hayley, and Garrett talk about the good and bad about medications and working with doctors.

Resources Mentioned

• Descriptions and Prescriptions by Michael Emlet
• Listening to Prozac…and to the Scriptures Article by Michael Emlet
• Can We Be Positive About Psychiatric Medications? Article by Ed Welch
• Why do we seem negative about psychiatric medications? Article by Ed Welch

Deepak, Hayley and Garrett interview counselor and author Ed Welch about the experience of depression and how to minister to those who suffer from it.

Garrett, Hayley and Deepak share how to care for a friend struggling with depression.

Resources MentionedDepression: Finding Christ in the Darkness by Ed Welch (31-day Devotional)
Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness by Ed Welch
“Tortured, Imperfect, and Held by Jesus” – article by Garrett Kell

Hayley, Deepak and Garrett talk about depression and how to think about depression as complicated suffering.


Resources Mentioned
Depression: Finding Christ in the Darkness by Ed Welch (31-day Devotional)
Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness by Ed Welch
“Tortured, Imperfect, and Held by Jesus” – article by Garrett Kell

Garrett, Hayley and Deepak talk about what the Bible says about depression. Warning label: This episode also talks about a depressed person’s battle with suicide.


Resources Mentioned
Depression: Finding Christ in the Darkness by Ed Welch
Spurgeon’s Sorrows by Zack Eswine