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Addictions : a banquet in the grave : finding hope in the power of the Gospel / Edward T. Welch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Resources for changing livesPublication details: Phillipsburg, N.J. : P & R Pub., c2001.Description: xvii, 298 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0875526063 (pbk.)
  • 9780875526065 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 248.8 21
LOC classification:
  • BV4596.A48 W45 2001
Contents:
Part 1: Thinking theologically -- Practical theology -- Sin, sickness, or both? -- New ways of seeing -- Descent into addiction -- Part 2: Essential theological themes -- Speaking the truth in love -- Respecting, listening, and inviting -- Knowing the Lord -- Fearing the Lord -- Turning from lies -- Saying "No" -- Staying violent -- Being part of the body -- Conclusion: where two or three are gathered.
Summary: Will we worship ourselves and our own desires, or will we worship the true God? Scripture reveals addicts' true condition: like guests at a banquet thrown by "the woman Folly," they are already in the grave. (Prov. 9:13-18) Can we not escape our addictions? Following Jesus, we have immense hope that God can give power so that we are no longer mastered by the addiction. - Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-293) and index.

Part 1: Thinking theologically -- Practical theology -- Sin, sickness, or both? -- New ways of seeing -- Descent into addiction -- Part 2: Essential theological themes -- Speaking the truth in love -- Respecting, listening, and inviting -- Knowing the Lord -- Fearing the Lord -- Turning from lies -- Saying "No" -- Staying violent -- Being part of the body -- Conclusion: where two or three are gathered.

Will we worship ourselves and our own desires, or will we worship the true God? Scripture reveals addicts' true condition: like guests at a banquet thrown by "the woman Folly," they are already in the grave. (Prov. 9:13-18) Can we not escape our addictions? Following Jesus, we have immense hope that God can give power so that we are no longer mastered by the addiction. - Publisher.

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