The BCC Podcast

Our guest for this episode of 15:14 is Christine Chappell. Christine is the author of Clean Home, Messy Heart: Promises of Renewal, Hope, & Change for Overwhelmed Moms, and Help! My Teen is Depressed. She serves as Outreach Director and Podcast Host for the Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship and is passionate about advocating for biblical one-another care and discipleship in the context of the local church. Christine serves her local church as a biblical counselor and lives in South Carolina with her husband and three children. She joins us today to discuss her most recent book, Help! I've Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder.

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On this episode of 15:14, Curtis interviews Dr. Kristin Kellen and BCC Council Member Dr. Robert Jones. They join him to discuss their new book, The Gospel for Disordered Lives: An Introduction to Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling, which they authored along with Dr. Rob Green. Listen to hear more about the book, as well as the heart behind the book, the methodology that went into writing it, and the collaboration that it took.

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On this episode Curtis interviews one of the newest additions to the BCC Council, Larissa Ferraro Bezerra. Larissa is an author and biblical counselor in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. She is a member of the Brazilian Association of Biblical Counselors (ABCB) and teaches at conferences all over Brazil. Larissa joins us to discuss a variety of topics including her books, background, upbringing, counseling experience, and more. 

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Garrett Higbee is the pastor of biblical soul care at Harvest Church North Indianapolis, director of pastoral care for the Great Commission Collective, and founder of Soul Care Consulting. He is also the president and co-founder of Twelve Stones Ministries in Brown County, Indiana. Dr. Higbee was a founding member of the BCC Council and served as the second executive director of the ministry. He joins us on this episode of 15:14 to reflect on his time with the BCC.

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Randy Patten joins us for today’s episode to share his experience with the BCC. He explains why he supported its creation and continues to support the ministry as a member of the Board of Directors. Randy was the longest-serving Executive Director of The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) when it was known as the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC) and served as a pastor for many years. He now leads TEAM Focus Ministries, a discipleship coaching organization.

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Dr. Bob Kellemen was the founding Executive Director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition. He joins us to reflect on the founding of the organization and how it has developed over the past decade. Dr. Kellemen still wears a number of ministry hats and produces volumes of material to bless the Church. You can find out more about him and those resources at rpmministries.org.

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Dr. Joe Miller is a BCC Council Member and serves as Counseling Pastor at Canyon Hills Community Church in Bothell, Washington. He is a certified member of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. Joe received a BS from the University of California Los Angeles, an MDiv from The Master’s Seminary, and a DMin in Biblical Counseling from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Over the last 20 years, Joe has served in local churches in Colorado, California, Minnesota, Florida, Tennessee, and Washington. He is also the Japan Coordinator for Overseas Instruction in Counseling (OIC). Joe has been blessed with a godly wife, Tara, and they have four remarkable children. In this episode of 15:14, we get to know Joe personally, hear how he came into biblical counseling and what the Lord has taught him through that ministry.

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Dr. Mike Emlet is a BCC Council Member and faculty member at CCEF (Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation). He holds an MD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary. He worked as a family physician for over ten years before joining CCEF. Mike has counseled for many years and is the author of CrossTalk: Where Life and Scripture Meet, which explores the use of Scripture in counseling, Descriptions and Prescriptions: A Biblical Perspective on Psychiatric Diagnoses and Medications, and most recently Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us. Mike is married to Jody, and they have two children. He is active in his urban church and enjoys gardening, camping, and creating wheel-thrown pottery. Mike joins us for this episode of 15:14 to tell us more about his upbringing, how he came to faith, his journey into biblical counseling, and lessons learned from his counseling experience.

This episode is sponsored in part by CCEF’s National Conference, Modern Problems: Caring for Souls in the 21st Century.

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. The publisher, Shepherd Press, is offering a special 30% discount to our listeners. Simply go to the Shepherd Press website and enter the code TOOLATE at check out for 30% off your purchase of It’s Not Too Late.

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The recent turmoil in Afghanistan has brought a great deal of attention and concern. Our primary concern is for the people there who are suffering persecution and death under the hands of the Taliban as they take over that country. Another group of people that also deserve our prayers, concern, and care are the men and women who served in the Armed Forces for the last two decades in Afghanistan. Jeremy Stalnecker, Executive Director of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, joins me today to talk about some of the soul care needs of our veterans and military members who are asking significant questions in the midst of this crisis. Jeremy also shares about some special efforts that have begun by a coalition of NGO’s including Mighty Oaks to help get U.S. citizens and those Afghans who helped allied forces out of Afghanistan. You can support these efforts with prayer and financial donations. Find out more at saveourallies.org.