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Pornography – do you know someone who is struggling with this particular sin? Unfortunately, it’s likely that you do, but you may not know how to help. In these two conversations host Dr. Chuck Betters along with Rebekah Hannah (Director of Anchored Hope Biblical Counseling), talk with counselors Deepak Reju and Jonathan Holmes who provide biblical strategies for guiding a fellow believer toward recovery. This worldwide crisis is destroying families, marriages and individuals – pornography. But what happens when it comes into your own home or the heart of someone you love? Jonathan Holmes and Deepak have co-authored two books on pornography: Rescue Plan and Rescue Skills. They are both biblical counselors and draw on their own research and experience as biblical counselors to offer concrete information and guidance on how to help pornography users in diverse circumstances to overcome addiction.

Be sure to listen to Parts 1 & 2.

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How do we build a legacy of faith and how do we ensure that we pass that on to our children, grandchildren and that our faith becomes a tradition passed on throughout our family line? Building a Spiritual Legacy is a study of the book of Psalms.

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Pornography – do you know someone who is struggling with this particular sin? Unfortunately, it’s likely that you do, but you may not know how to help. In these two conversations host Dr. Chuck Betters along with Rebekah Hannah (Director of Anchored Hope Biblical Counseling), talk with counselors Deepak Reju and Jonathan Holmes who provide biblical strategies for guiding a fellow believer toward recovery. This worldwide crisis is destroying families, marriages and individuals – pornography. But what happens when it comes into your own home or the heart of someone you love? Jonathan Holmes and Deepak have co-authored two books on pornography: Rescue Plan and Rescue Skills. They are both biblical counselors and draw on their own research and experience as biblical counselors to offer concrete information and guidance on how to help pornography users in diverse circumstances to overcome addiction.

Be sure to listen to Parts 1 & 2.

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How do we build a legacy of faith and how do we ensure that we pass that on to our children, grandchildren and that our faith becomes a tradition passed on throughout our family line? Building a Spiritual Legacy is a study of the book of Psalms.

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Divorce. Some statisticians claim that 50% of marriages end in divorce. These mere numbers do not reveal the anguish in every home broken by divorce. In this transparent interview, Patti shares the shock and pain she felt when her husband divorced her. Listeners will hear how she told her children, and how she helped them deal with their own broken hearts, found the right attorney, processed the deceit and betrayal of losing her husband, and how she learned how to forgive. Her story will help those grappling with their own broken marriages, as well as better equip family and friends who are walking with someone in the midst of divorce.

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How do we build a legacy of faith and how do we ensure that we pass that on to our children, grandchildren and that our faith becomes a tradition passed on throughout our family line? Building a Spiritual Legacy is a study of the book of Psalms.

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Are you tired of all the parenting books full of strategic checklists, how-to advice and quick tips? While some of the books are actually really helpful, Christina Fox, Sharon Betters and young mom Melissa Weisenfels talk through what it means to parent through the grid of how our heavenly father parents us, His children. They touch on questions like:

How can a better understanding of God’s character, i.e. His consistency, discipline, patience, provision, unconditional love, and even boundaries give us a roadmap for helping our children navigate the comparison trap, rebellion against boundaries, and more. But they also talk about their own feelings of failure and how to live with a broken heart when children reject their faith. Christina encourages us that as God’s beloved creatures, we bear His image—that is, we show others who He is as we glorify Him. Is anything more important to pass on to our children than this?

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How do we build a legacy of faith and how do we ensure that we pass that on to our children, grandchildren and that our faith becomes a tradition passed on throughout our family line? Building a Spiritual Legacy is a study of the book of Psalms.

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Baseball great Darryl Strawberry readily acknowledges that people often think two things when they hear his name: Darryl was a great ball player, and Darryl lost it all to drugs. In this interview, Darryl and his wife Tracy share their story of drug addiction and how they found a pathway to restoration and wholeness. Their transparent responses to hard questions will challenge listeners to examine their own lives. It’s our hope that their redemption story will offer help and hope to others who are at the bottom of life, and ready to make choices that can only lead to dark places. Is there hope when getting and using drugs are the first things you think of in the morning, throughout the day, and the last thing before you close your eyes to sleep? In this moving interview, Darryl and Tracy Strawberry confidently exclaim, “Yes! There is help and hope!”

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How do we build a legacy of faith and how do we ensure that we pass that on to our children, grandchildren and that our faith becomes a tradition passed on throughout our family line? Building a Spiritual Legacy is a study of the book of Psalms.

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A child suffers multiple forms of abuse from her father from the time of being a little girl to a young woman. Is there any hope for not just surviving but thriving? Jennifer Greenberg proclaims there is. Jennifer knows the isolation and grief of abuse at the hands of her church-going father. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Jenn doesn’t flinch in talking through how she wanted to kill herself when she was 15 because her father’s abuse intensified during her adolescence. She takes us along on her journey toward healing and purpose, addressing such questions as… Why doesn’t an abuse victim speak up sooner? What are the residual issues of abuse into adulthood? What about forgiveness? Not only is Jenn a wife, mother, and composer, she authored Not Forsaken, A Life After Abuse and offers other abuse victims help through many resources on her website.

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How do we build a legacy of faith and how do we ensure that we pass that on to our children, grandchildren and that our faith becomes a tradition passed on throughout our family line? Building a Spiritual Legacy is a study of the book of Psalms.

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Is it possible to break free from drugs after a lifetime of addiction? Shelley Tribbitt says yes. After using drugs for over thirty years, Shelley broke free from the drugs, but then had to face the obstacle of the collateral damage that she had done to her family and friends. In this poignant interview, Shelley describes the devastation drug use brought on her family, including the loss of the custody of her children. Her daughter, Bay, joins the conversation, and describes how she reconciled with her mother, and why she never gave in to the temptation of drug use, even though they were readily available.

Drug use in our culture is an epidemic. It isn’t just teenagers who fall prey to this dangerous life choice. Shelley’s story reminds us that drugs know no age limits. We are also able to see that reconciliation with estranged family members is possible, though the pathway to reconciliation will be painful and often long.

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Twenty-one surgeries by age thirteen. Years in the hospital. Verbal and physical bullying from schoolmates. Multiple miscarriages as a young wife. The death of a child. A debilitating progressive disease. Riveting pain. Abandonment. Unwanted divorce. How can one woman survive let alone thrive when she experiences such crashing waves of pain? In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Vaneetha Rendall Risner, author of The Scars that Have Shaped Me; How God meets us in Suffering, has experienced all these life crises and more. Rather than despair and giving up when wave after wave of loss hits, Vaneetha encourages us to allow suffering to draw us into the heart of God.

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Preparation for retirement requires more than just financial planning. For most people, and especially for Christians, it comes with a host of other considerations—when to retire, where to live, and how to spend one’s time. Many find themselves asking, Is there a right way to retire?

And what about the cultural perspective, “I’ve worked hard all my life, this time it’s all about me!” Is it ok to pursue pleasure that was unattainable before retirement? And what if unexpected changes in our health make it impossible to do what we want. How do we deal with disappointment and discontentment? In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Dr. John Dunlop addresses these questions and shares practical strategies for Christians as they approach their retirement years. John encourages listeners to start thinking about retirement while they are young and shares suggestions for determining how to intentionally live with purpose in this last season of life.

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Sherry and Mike Kendrick heard the word “terminal” when Mike was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. Mike prayed he would live long enough to perform his son’s wedding ceremony. God granted him that desire and five years later, after his son’s wedding, Mike stepped from earth into heaven.

In this poignant conversation with Sharon Betters, a little over a year after the death of her beloved pastor husband, Sherry shares how Mike helped prepare her to be intentional in life after his absence. Sherry took practical steps to allow her room to lean into the pain but also to open her heart and hands to the treasures God gives through others. Her story will not only encourage widows but anyone who struggles with this foreign land of grief.

Before Mike’s death, Sherry and her husband talked with us about living with hope and terminal cancer in Living with Hope and Terminal Cancer.

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