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Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

DO YOU KNOW WHAT SCRUPULOSITY IS? LEARN ABOUT THIS HARMFUL FAITH HABIT

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9711 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Transformed Podcast Episode 123 | May 15, 2025 When guilt and fear dominate your Christian walk, it may not be conviction—it may be scrupulosity. Dr. Greg Gifford walks through what the Bible says about conscience, sanctification, and the mercy of God. Learn how to renew your mind and break free from obsessive fear of spiritual failure. ___ Thanks for listening! Transformed would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Transformed we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0

What is?

0:01.0

What is?

0:02.0

What is?

0:03.0

What is Biblical counseling?

0:04.0

Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.

0:07.0

I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.

0:10.0

God replaced all my junk with, with a beautiful light.

0:14.0

God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.

0:19.0

The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.

0:23.6

This is Transform.

0:25.6

And now your host, Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at the Master's University

0:30.6

and certified biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford.

0:36.6

Welcome back to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford, and I'm your host.

0:40.9

And today we're talking about religious scrupulosity.

0:44.2

That is very similar to OCD and OCD scrupulosity often are seen as being the same

0:51.8

thing if you have forgotten.

0:56.6

And I know you haven't, but just in case you did.

1:04.1

I did an episode on obsessive compulsive disorder last summer, so that would be the summer of 2024. You can just Google transformed and then the episode you're looking for. Oftentimes,

1:10.4

that's the fastest way to find

1:11.6

those. But today I want to discuss religious scrupulosity, in part because Todd and I were

1:17.2

discussing this, a lot of questions coming into Rretched and a few coming in to Transform. Obviously,

1:23.6

wretched's reach is much bigger than transforms. And this is an article that came in.

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