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Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

HOW AUTISM CAN BE BOTH A TRUE CHALLENGE AND A BLESSING

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Education

4.9710 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Transformed Podcast Episode 131 | July 10, 2025 Dr. Greg Gifford offers a Scripture-centered framework for understanding autism without compromising on theology or clarity. He emphasizes that autism is not inherently wrong or sinful, and equips listeners to distinguish between personality, struggles, and sin. Learn how to support autistic individuals in your church and family through wisdom, love, and biblical counsel. ___ 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? What is? What is? What is biblical counseling?

0:04.0

Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.

0:07.8

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

0:10.5

God replaced all my junk with a beautiful light.

0:14.8

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

0:19.9

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.

0:40.2

And today we're talking about autism spectrum disorder or autism or being on the spectrum or whatever you're calling that.

0:47.5

And this is part two of a two-part series.

0:50.3

If you didn't listen to the last episode, I would encourage you actually stop here.

0:53.7

Go back and listen to that episode because they are intended to go together.

0:57.7

I've been learning a lot about autism and reading and some of my experience in counseling and getting ready for these past two episodes.

1:06.1

But really, this wasn't my idea, not that I'm blaming.

1:09.4

It's your fault, dear listener. No, it's, it's really come from

1:13.8

multiple questions. And I started last episode by kind of reading the different scenarios and emails

1:19.2

that I've received. You guys have just been really helpful to think through autism. And in all of

1:25.1

the lies my therapist told me, or mind versus brain, or all of our

1:28.7

transformed episodes, I haven't really talked a lot about autism. So many of you are just writing in to

1:32.6

say, hey, Dr. Gifford, what about autism? And I think that's a fair delineation or a fair

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