TIL 431: Freedom that Lasts (feat. Ben Marshall)
Truth in Love
Association of Certified Biblical Counselors
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
1. An overview of the ministry of Freedom That Lasts.
2. How Freedom that Lasts differs from twelve-step programs.
3. Other biblical counseling resources for addictions.
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| 0:00.0 | Freedom that lasts on this edition of Truth and Love. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Dale Johnson, and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, |
| 0:16.3 | where we seek to provide biblical solutions to the problems that people face. |
| 0:21.6 | And this week on the podcast we have with us, Dr. Ben Marshall. |
| 0:25.2 | He and his wife have been married for 24 years. |
| 0:27.5 | They have eight children ranging from age 21 all the way down to 11 months. |
| 0:33.0 | He spent the last 25 years in Washington State doing pastoral work in 10 years as a youth pastor with 15 |
| 0:38.8 | years as a counseling pastor. He received his undergraduate in psychology at St. Martin's University |
| 0:43.7 | as MABC from the Master's University and his doctor of educational ministry in biblical |
| 0:48.8 | counseling at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He's certified with ACBC in 2008, became a fellow with us in |
| 0:56.2 | 2020, and he now is the executive director for Freedom at Last, a ministry which equips |
| 1:02.7 | churches to welcome, evangelize, and biblically counsel the hurting and addicted to grow in |
| 1:08.0 | Christ's likeness and wisdom in living life. And so, Ben, that's actually |
| 1:11.5 | what I want to talk to you about today is the ministry, Freedom at Last. So welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:16.1 | Thanks for taking time and talking to us about the ministry. For sure. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:21.2 | So let's start there. What is freedom that lasts? I mean, I think for many people, they may not know |
| 1:26.4 | about this ministry. And so I want to |
| 1:28.8 | give you an opportunity to introduce lots of people to Freedom at Last. Yeah, so Freedom at Last is a |
| 1:34.8 | ministry that is aimed at helping those who are struggling with addiction or hurting. So we've got |
| 1:41.4 | both categories covered there, suffering and sin. |
| 1:49.6 | The addiction or the material absolutely spans that spectrum. |
| 1:52.3 | And it started with a guy by the name of Jim Berg. |
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