TY  - BOOK
AU  - Welch,Edward T.
TI  - Addictions: a banquet in the grave : finding hope in the power of the Gospel 
SN  - 0875526063 (pbk.)
AV  - BV4596.A48 W45 2001
U1  - 248.8 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Phillipsburg, N.J.
PB  - P & R Pub.
KW  - Alcoholics
KW  - Religious life
KW  - ADDICTION - COUNSELING
KW  - Addiction - stages of
KW  - Addicts
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -