Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave: Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel (Resources for Changing Lives)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (924 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0875526063 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Leslie Taylor said There is HOPE!. The author is a redeemed ex-heroine addict and has been a Christian counselor and seminary professor for almost There is HOPE! The author is a redeemed ex-heroine addict and has been a Christian counselor and seminary professor for almost 30 years. It is written explicitly for both people who are addicts or recovering and also family members. This book is Bible saturated and unimaginably helpful!The Dry DrunkThe book opens by describing what Welch calls a dry drunk. It is a man that he meets with who has managed to stay sober for a year now, through meetings, etc, but displays all the same thought patterns and habits that led him to drink in the first place. Welch describes the conversation as "Jim" complaining that God gave him this disease that he has to struggle. 0 years. It is written explicitly for both people who are addicts or recovering and also family members. This book is Bible saturated and unimaginably helpful!The Dry DrunkThe book opens by describing what Welch calls a dry drunk. It is a man that he meets with who has managed to stay sober for a year now, through meetings, etc, but displays all the same thought patterns and habits that led him to drink in the first place. Welch describes the conversation as "Jim" complaining that God gave him this disease that he has to struggle. I so far have not found another book that compares I so far have not found another book that compares to this one as far as the only true solution to any addiction. Ed deals frankly the judged and the judgmental. I use it in jail and have seen transformation. While other groups deal with self helping self with a higher power faith with no name. Ed gives that higher power a name, Jesus. And it focuses on what God does in and through us not what we do in and through our selves. He deals with addiction as a sin, which it is, and not call it a disease which it is not. He goes over that throughly in the book. Everyone should read this. Especially those who believe in Jesus who think you must int. Dr. David Steele said The Danger of Drinking from Polluted Fountains. I don't like the word, "addiction." Far too often, I hear Christians using the word addiction in a way that suggests a helplessness and inability to please God or live in a way that glorifies him. So anyone enslaved to a substance (be it legal or illegal), a habit like pornography or overeating has an automatic excuse - after all they're "addicted." Such a person continues to battle but usually with little hope of ever overcoming their sin.Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave by Edward T. Welch obviously employs the use of the word that I struggle to embrace. However, he too has reservations with the word. My suspicion is that our uneasiness
Welch’s assessment of addictions as a problem that proceeds from the heart, involving issues of worship and idolatry, is central to helping people grow and change. Emberger, Whosoever Gospel Mission . As a pastor, biblical counselor, and redeemed (not recovering) ex-heroin addict, I believe Welch has given every pastor, parishioner, and anyone caught in the bondage of idolatry/addiction a biblical road map to lasting freedom." --Peter Garich, Dayspring Center for Biblical Counseling"Biblically sound, practical, filled with Christ-like compassion. This much-needed book offers real hope and the promise of victory in Jesus to those struggling with addiction." --Robert E. "One of the most helpful books providing practical theology on addictions. This is vital reading for church leaders, and for friends and family desiring to help those struggling with addictions." --John Freeman, HARVEST USA"Destroys the myth that addiction is a disease and sin is
"Will we worship our own desires or will we worship the true God?" With this lens the author discovers far more in Scripture on addictions than passages on drunkenness. Welch views addictions. A worship disorder: this is how Edward T. Can we not escape our addictions? If we're willing to follow Jesus, the author says that we have "immense hope: hope in God's forgiving grace, hope in God's love that is faithful even when we are not, and hope that God can give power so that we are no longer mastered by the addiction." Each chapter concludes with "Practical Theology," "As Your Face Your Own Addictions," and "As You Help Someone Else.". There we learn the addict's true condition: like guests at a banquet thrown by "the woman Folly," he is already in the grave (Proverbs 9:13-18)
Welch (M.Div, Biblical Theological Seminary; Ph.D in counseling psychology, University of Utah) is director of counseling at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation and professor of practical theology at Wesminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. He is author of Blame it on the Brain and When People are Big and God is Small, and he contributes frequently to the Journal of Biblical Counseling.