In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Zack Eswine about his book, Wiser with Jesus: Overcoming the Temptations that Hinder Your Relationships, Steal Your Time, Mar Your Decision–Making and Thwart Your Purpose. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• What does it mean to “live wisely”?

• What role does prayer play in the pursuit of wisdom?

• How does the book of Proverbs help us to “discern our companions” and why is this an important part of living wisely?

• What does relational wisdom look like when we’re dealing with a crushed spirit?

• What do wisdom and love have to do with one another?

• In what ways does wisdom and love influence our decision-making?

• What might a wiser work/rest rhythm look like, according to Proverbs?

• How does meditating on God’s steadfast love encourage us on our pursuit of living wisely?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/wiser-with-jesus-eswine

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Heather Nelson about her book, Rest: Creating Space for Soul Refreshment. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• Why do people struggle to experience rest, both in its physical and spiritual forms?

• What is the difference between physical and spiritual rest?

• What makes rest a "mark of freedom" for God's people?

• What is Sabbath rest, and what might it look like, practically speaking?

• How can we experience rest when tasks remain in a state of incompletion?

• In what ways can unbelief hinder our experience of Christ's rest?

• What does rest have to do with God's grace?

• In what ways might joylessness in the Christian life be linked to a lack of rest?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/wayward-children-scott

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

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In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Stuart Scott about his book, Wayward Children: Finding Peace, Keeping Hope. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• Why is the issue of wayward children one so difficult to talk about in the church?

• Why is it so challenging to fully entrust our children to the God who gifted them to us?

• How might parents respond to the anguish they feel in response to their wayward child?

• Why is it important to consider our heart posture before the Lord when grapple with the pain of wayward children?

• How might God work through our wayward children to reveal were we're setting our hope?

• Why is it a comfort that God—who is the perfect Parent—knows the pain of rearing rebellious, wayward children?

• What are some practical ways that can parents work against (or begin to reverse) relational disconnect?

• What role does prayer play in the context of wayward children, and what are some things we can be intentional about praying for?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/wayward-children-scott

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Elizabeth Turnage about her book, Preparing for Glory: Biblical Answers to 40 Questions on Living and Dying in Hope of Heaven. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• What is glory, and why do we need to prepare for it?

• What happens to us when we die?

• What will life be like in the new heavens and the new earth?

• Is there an “art” to dying?

• What do sickness and death say about the strength of our faith?

• What is anticipatory grief?

• What is lament, and how does it help us to face dying and death?

• How does prayer prepare us for glory?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/preparing-for-glory-turnage

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Joe Hussung about his book, Learning to Listen: Essential Skills for Every Counselor. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• Why is listening well an important component of loving people well?

• What makes listening well an essential skill for biblical counselors?

• What role does posture, purpose, and practice have in our ability to listen well in counseling sessions?

• What Christlike characteristics do we mimic when we listen well to the people we're caring for?

• What difference does body language and tone of voice make in a counseling session?

• How does personal preparation ahead of a counseling session impact our ability to listen well during it?

• What makes asking good questions a key component to listening well to our counselees?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/listening-well-joe-hussung

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Jenn Chen about her book, Biblical Counseling and Mental Disorder Diagnosis. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• What is the difference between the terms “mental disorder” and “mental illness?”

• In what ways might a disorder diagnosis impact a sufferer’s perception of themselves and their world?

• How does identity in Christ offer hope to those who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder?

• How can we think about our “goal” and “role” as biblical counselors (or disciplers) when it comes to walking with someone who’s been diagnosed with a mental disorder?

• How does considering a person’s fallenness, finitude, fragility, and faltering empower caregivers to minister God’s Word to a sufferer’s experience in a meaningful, relevant way?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/mental-diagnosis-jenn-chen/

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at christinemchappell.com.

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In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Ed Welch about his book, Depression: Finding Christ in the Darkness. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• In what way does Jesus welcome those who are experiencing depression?

• Why is it true that "faith can feel good, and faith can feel horrible," and how might this comfort a despondent heart?

• How does the gospel offer hope to those who fear that healing and change will never come?

• How might hopelessness "be anxiety that is exhausted"?

• How can we broach the topic of confession in such a way that is productive for the sufferer?

• How might sufferers take aim at hopelessness by taking part in God's "family business"?

• Why is it true that "God must fight [the sufferer's] battle" and what makes this a reality they can rest in?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/depression-ed-welch

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Ste Casey about his book, I Prayed and Nothing Changed: What God is Up to in the Silence. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• What makes unanswered prayer a "strange double sorrow" for believers?

• Why is it important to "fight for sight" in seasons where God seems unresponsive to our prayers?

• How does Paul's testimony in 2 Corinthians 12 help us to process the fact that God is still good even when "he gives pain to those he loves"?

• In what ways might unanswered prayer be God's way of keeping us from "soul-destroying self sufficiency"?

• What are some of the voices we hear in our suffering and how might they negatively influence the way we interpret God’s apparent silence?

• How might asking a "magic-button question" help biblical counselors to engage and encourage those living with unanswered prayer?

• How might we engage a fatalistic attitude toward prayer?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/unanswered-prayer-ste-casey

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Jonathan Holmes about his book, Grounded in Grace: Helping Kids Build Their Identity in Christ. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• What is meant when the term "identity" is used in everyday conversation?

• What positive role can parents or caregivers play in the formation of a child’s identity? How might parents or caregivers negatively influence it?

• How has the concept of personal identity evolved over the years?

• What are five different yet common areas where kids tend to struggle with their identity?

• How do the Scriptures speak to the problem of a child grounding their identity in their academic performance?

• Why is it good news that our identity is ultimately “something we receive, not something we achieve?”

• Why is it important to "connect before [we] correct" when it comes to having identity-related conversations with our children?

• What role does the local church play in helping children learn how to base their identity in Christ?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/children-identity-jonathan-holmes

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.

In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Jeremy Pierre about the topic of perfectionism. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• What is meant by the term "perfectionism?"

• How might perfectionism manifest in a person's life?

• What are some of the physical, relational, emotional, and spiritual impacts of perfectionism in our lives?

• How does the gospel of Jesus Christ minister to those whose perfectionistic ideals have driven them to total exhaustion?

• How is perfectionism a reflection of impatience towards God?

• If someone has experienced a bent toward perfectionism for most of their lives, what might the change process look like for them?

• If there is someone listening to this conversation who wants to help a friend or family member who’s struggling with this kind of thinking, what are some meaningful ways they could offer support and encouragement?

• What role does the local church play in helping those who desire to break free from the bondage of perfectionism?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/perfectionism-jeremy-pierre

The Hope + Help Podcast offers biblical conversations about life's challenging problems. The podcast accomplishes this by offering a mix of interviews with seasoned biblical counseling professionals and ministry leaders on a variety of topics. Hosted by Christine Chappell. To learn more about the show and to access helpful resources, visit ibcd.org/hopeandhelp.

Connect with host Christine Chappell at https://christinemchappell.com.

IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast is available on most podcast streaming platforms, so please don't keep the show a secret! If you know someone walking through a challenging season of life, please share the Hope + Help Podcast with them.