biblical counseling journeys 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.

This week on the podcast, I with me my dear friend, Dr. Cheryl Bell.

She's the wife of one, mother of four, and grandmother to four precious grandchildren.

She holds a BS in nursing and an MA in religious education.

After raising and educating her children, God called her to

return to school, where she completed her PhD in biblical counseling with a minor in women's studies.

Her dissertation addressed the issue of child sexual abuse. Let me pause and just say,

Cheryl and I were classmates together. We actually entered the PhD program at the same time at Southwestern

Seminary. So this is where I got to know Cheryl and really appreciate her and her work. And I would

recommend if you can get your hands on her dissertation, yes, it is the academic version, but very,

very helpful in understanding the history and how we conceptualize, even in a modern sense,

child sexual abuse.

Let me continue. She currently serves as an adjunct professor at Southwestern and Midwestern Baptist

Theological Seminaries. She writes and equips for the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors

and the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention. And she counsels women who are struggling to meet

life's challenges.

She loves to see God transform his children's lives by his spirit and through his word

in the classroom and in the counseling room. Cheryl, it's so good to be with you today.

Thanks for joining us.

It's my pleasure. Thank you.

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