Oh, Church Arise on this edition of Truth and Love.

I'm Dale Johnson, and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, where we seek to provide biblical solutions to the problems that people face.

And this week on the podcast I have with me senior pastor of Calvary Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas,

Dan Kirk. And I love this brother. And I'm so grateful for the work that the Lord has him doing

down in Fort Worth, the church that he has there, and the ministry that he's involved in.

And the things the Lord is doing is just always a tremendous encouragement.

And Dan is married to his wife, Chris, for almost 35 years.

And he's a fellow with ACBC, and he also has seven children and six grandchildren.

And Dan, what a privilege it is that the Lord would be so

kind. What a wonderful family you have. And I'm excited about what's coming up. Our conference is

coming up. And Dan, you're going to be speaking at our conference. And I cannot wait. We are one

week away for our conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, O Church, Arise.

And I want to get some of your thoughts on maybe a sneak peek for our listeners

as to some of the things that we're going to talk about at the conference,

and particularly your subject that you're going to talk about,

Christ is being our head and wonderful counselor.

But I want to get sort of your perspective, even as a pastor

and a counselor, when you heard this year's theme, like what did you think about this year's theme?

Oh, church arise. Talk to us a little bit about when you heard that, what your initial thoughts

were about this conference. Well, I got to tell you that when I heard that our theme would be,

Oh, church arise, my heart leapt with joy. It excited me because I know, as you know, that there is

nothing in all the world that God loves more than his church, his redeemed people.

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