TIL 362: Idolizing Certainty in OCD (feat. Keith Palmer)
Truth in Love
Association of Certified Biblical Counselors
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
1. The relationship between certainty and though struggling with OCD.
2. Thinking biblically about certainty.
3. Practical ways to help those who idolize certainty.
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| 0:00.0 | idolizing certainty in obsessive-compulsive disorder on this edition of Truth and Love. |
| 0:13.5 | I'm Dale Johnson and you're listening to Truth in Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, |
| 0:19.2 | where we seek to provide biblical solutions |
| 0:20.9 | to the problems that people face. |
| 0:24.6 | This week on the podcast I have with me, Dr. Keith Palmer. |
| 0:28.1 | He's the Associate Pastor of Grace Bible Church. |
| 0:30.8 | He's served there in that capacity since July of 2002. |
| 0:35.0 | He and his wife, Lisa, have been married since December of 2000, and they have three |
| 0:39.7 | children, Alan, Amy, and Eric. Keith is a graduate of Embry-Riddle, Aeronautical University with an |
| 0:46.5 | electrical engineering degree. He's a graduate also of the Masters Seminary with the Master of Divinity |
| 0:51.9 | and also the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with the Doctor of Ministry. |
| 0:55.0 | He's also working to complete his PhD at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. |
| 1:00.0 | He's a fellow, which means he's one of our supervisors here at ACBC, and he's also a board member. |
| 1:05.0 | He's an adjunct instructor in biblical counseling at the Master's University and a chaplain in the civil air patrol, |
| 1:11.8 | the auxiliary of the United States Air Force. His passion in ministry is studying and teaching God's |
| 1:16.5 | word and seeing God transform the lives of his people as they apply and live the truth. Keith |
| 1:22.4 | especially enjoys time with his wife and children. He also enjoys running, volleyball, general aviation, and saltwater |
| 1:28.9 | reef aquariums. I wish we had time to talk about some of those things. Wow, that was quite an |
| 1:33.8 | introduction, Dale. Thanks. That was good. Well, now, listen, we're going to talk today. We're in |
| 1:38.7 | mental health month. This is the month of May. And as has been our custom, we take the month of May and talk about issues that arise |
| 1:46.2 | that are very prevalent in the world of mental health. And some people may wonder, |
| 1:50.8 | idolizing certainty, what in the world are we talking about? We're talking about this issue of |
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