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Edward T. Welch

Biography

Edward T. Welch

Edward T. Welch recalls two spiritual turning points in his life. The first he pinpoints as the month after his graduation from college, before entering graduate school, when his plans for his future made a complete shift. A shift for which he has been grateful ever since. In that month, he prepared for his future, he determined to complete a simple task --- to read the Bible in its entirety. It was that “simple” undertaking which brought him to a deep understanding of the power of scripture. For the first time, he grasped the relevance of scripture to the simple details of our lives. God, he realized, was speaking through this book. All his plans changed, and he entered the Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.

The next turning point came during his second year in seminary when he began to study counseling and was given the opportunity to observe an actual counseling session. “That first hour of being placed on the front lines of counseling redirected my life,” he tells us. “In that moment I saw the Bible as alive, and I knew that I wanted people to feel understood by scripture.”

Ed’s new release, RUNNING SCARED, as well as his earlier works such as DEPRESSION: A Stubborn Darkness; Addictions: A Banquet on the Brain; and When People Are Big and God Is Small, demonstrates the power of scripture to redirect lives. His method is straightforward and clear. He begins by letting his readers take a hard look at the human predicament, and then he leads them to what he calls “the words of life” found in scripture, which guide them past the pitfalls that undermine their lives.

After graduating from seminary in 1978, Ed went on to study at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he received a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology (Neuropsychology) in 1981. He currently serves as counselor, faculty member and director of the School of Biblical Counseling at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation and as professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary.

Ed is deeply devoted to his wife, Sheri, and his two daughters and their husbands, all of whom live close by in the Philadelphia area. The family has traveled yearly to the west coast to visit relatives and enjoy water sports at the beach. Ed and Sheri anxiously await the arrival of their first grandchild.

Edward T. Welch