The Personal God Gets Personal with Us
About this episode
The episode discusses how the personal God engages with humanity, exploring themes of relationship, counseling, and church life through the lens of Scripture.
In this first episode of a new seven-part series on CCEF's distinctives, Gunner Gundersen sits down with Ed Welch and Jonathan Holmes to discuss the first distinctive: "The personal God gets personal with us." Together, they reflect on how Scripture presents a God who draws near to his people: from the garden of Eden to the incarnation of Christ to the promised future where God will dwell with his people forever. The conversation explores how the Trinity shapes our understanding of relationships, counseling, church life, and personal ministry. These truths help churches to embody a "culture of pursuit" with warmth and hospitality as natural overflows of a real relationship with God. The episode also introduces CCEF's broader distinctives and explains why these priorities continue to shape the ministry's counseling, teaching, and care for the church. Mentioned in this episode: Our latest episode of the JBC: ccef.org/jbc Our distinctives: ccef.org/about/#distinctives Related resource: The Personal God | Article by David Powlison
People in this episode
Host: Gunner Gundersen
Guests: Ed Welch, Jonathan Holmes
Topics covered
- personal relationship with God
- Trinity
- counseling
- church life
- ministry
- CCEF distinctives
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CCEF, JBC, ccef.org, David Powlison
Books & works: The Personal God
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