Crafting Temptation and Repentance Plans to Help Addicts
Keith Palmer addresses two pieces of the counseling approach: helping addicts with temptation and repentance.
Addiction Intervention
Truth in Love 212
The biblical goals of an intervention are to glorify God and call the person to repentance.
The Secret of Addiction
Truth in Love 61
Dr. Lambert discusses the problem of addiction by defining it and giving practical strategies to overcome it.
The Bible And Alcoholics Anonymous
Truth in Love 38
Alcoholics Anonymous is a program with loosely Christian roots, but does not depend on the power of the gospel to bring about change.
Understanding Addiction
A Moral Problem, Not a Disease
It is important that Christians make correct distinctions between medical issues and moral failures.
When Your Adult Child is an Addict
This article provides practical tips on how parents can minister to their children who are addicted to drugs.
A Journey Out Of Anorexia
Truth in Love 6
Rebecca Maketansky shares her journey with anorexia, including the steps she took to turn from her sin and trust Jesus to change her.
The Heart of Addiction
— By Mark Shaw
Mark Shaw distinguishes the differences between mankind’s innate sin nature and diagnosed “diseases.”
Finally Free
Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace
— By Heath Lambert
In his book Finally Free, Lambert uses eight principles that are rooted in the hope of the gospel to help anyone trapped in the bonds of pornography.
Addictions
A Banquet in the Grave
— By Ed Welch
Welch reaches the core of addiction by defining it as a worship disorder. Then he provides practical theology and personal application for how to help someone who is struggling with addiction.