LOVING YOURSELF FIRST – AND WHY THE BIBLE DOESN’T TEACH IT

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Transformed Podcast Episode 141 | September 18, 2025 Todd Friel joins Dr. Greg Gifford and Julie DeVore to unpack the cultural obsession with self-love from a biblical lens. With clarity and conviction, they explore how modern ideas of worth and identity often miss the most important Person in the equation—God. This conversation helps believers reorient their view of self through Scripture, not pop psychology. ___ 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?
0:01.3	What is?
0:01.6	What is?
0:02.6	What is biblical counseling?
0:04.1	Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.
0:07.6	I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.
0:10.3	God replaced all my junk with, with a beautiful light.
0:14.7	God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.
0:19.5	The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.
0:23.3	This is Transform.
0:25.2	And now your host, assistant professor of biblical counseling at the Master's University
0:30.2	and certified biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford.
0:36.5	Okay, welcome to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford, Okay, welcome to Transform.
0:38.3	My name is Dr. Greg Gifford, and today I actually have a special guest with me, Julie DeVore.
0:42.8	Who is?
0:43.4	Julie, let me try to get all of the credentials that you have.
0:46.5	Former student of mine here at the Master's University, Bachelor of Arts and Biblical Counseling,
0:50.9	went on to do a Master of Arts in Biblical counseling, and be certified
0:55.7	by the Association of Certified Biblical Counselor, so ACBC. She currently serves as a student life
1:00.8	coordinator and guidance counselor for a private Christian school in the Antelope Valley,
1:05.3	and you were an RD here at Masters for four years? Five years. Five years? Yeah, cool.. So first of all, welcome to the show. Thank you.
1:13.6	Thanks for having me. We are talking through self-love. And I know that's probably a tricky topic to
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