For those of you who missed #CCEF16, or this year’s Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation Conference, below are summaries of the main sessions. This year’s theme was “Emotions: Engaging the Expressions of the Heart.” I hope these concise summaries will be a blessing to you. You may purchase the conference audio directly from CCEF here.
Winston Smith – General Session 1 – Feeling Bad about Feeling Bad?
“Our negative emotions are designed to deepen our relationship with Christ and to each other.” – Winston Smith
Joni Eareckson Tada– General Session 2 – Emotions in the Face of Suffering
“There is nothing more sweet than finding Jesus right with you in the middle of your splashes of hell.” – Joni Eareckson Tada
Alasdair Groves – General Session 3 – Why Do I Feel How I Feel? Understanding Your Emotions
“Our life is to be a life of worship. And our emotions are perfectly situated to drive us into fruitful obedience, to drive us into worship in action.” – Alasdair Groves
Alasdair Groves – General Session 4 – What Do I Do With My Feelings? Engaging Your Emotions
“There is nothing you can feel that you can not take to God.” – Alasdair Groves
Winston Smith – General Session 5 – Emotions and Relationships
“Emotions help us to enter into the lives of and connect with others.” – Winston Smith
Aaron Sironi – General Session 7 – For Better or For Worse: Emotions in Marriage
“This is the essence of marriage, a husband and wife, clinging together.” – Aaron Sironi
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Winston Smith – Feeling Bad about Feeling Bad? (#CCEF16 Main Session 1)
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Alasdair Groves – Why Do I Feel How I Feel? (#CCEF16 Main Session 3)- Alasdair Groves – What Do I Do With My Feelings? Engaging Your Emotions (#CCEF16 Main Session 4)