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Andrew H. Selle

The Bridge over Troubled Waters: Overcoming Crippling Fear by Faith and Love

Journal of Biblical Counseling 21:1

In this article, Andrew Selle presents an extended case study of a woman who overcomes a phobia of crossing bridges. Selle gives 5 simple steps: Name It, Reverse It, Pray, Surrender and Love. He offers a complex sense of how change unfolds, that can’t really be broken down into steps. Selle concludes that the woman’s fears reflect her desires, the God replacements in her life and shows how repenting of these desires and worshipping God help her to put her fears aside.

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