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Addiction and the Captive Will

Author : Cynthia Geppert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567713537

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Twenty-first century neuroscience has discovered that in some severe cases, addiction may so constrain human freedom that the will is only able to choose to use substances of abuse. At this advanced stage, substance use has become the primary driver of salience, co-opting and subsuming other moral priorities and human rewards. Scholars have investigated Aristotle's concept of akrasia as an ancient mirror of this understanding and there have been some preliminary discussions of Augustine's concept of the divided will as it bears on addiction. No detailed and comprehensive exploration of the work of Augustine has yet been undertaken as it relates to three contemporary models of addiction: the choice, learning, and brain disease models. Augustine's psychological awareness, his mastery of ancient theological and philosophical thinking, and his enormous and enduring influence on both Catholic and Protestant theology, make him an ideal subject for such research. This incisive book argues that Augustine's doctrine of the captive will offers a theological parallel of each of these contemporary models of addiction.

Entangled by Addiction

Author : Caitanya Champion
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781490838472

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Are you struggling to get free from an addiction? Have you tried treatment programs and self-help books only to fail time and time again? Why not finally give Jesus a try? This book will show you how freedom in Christ can be achieved and how to find it. This way of freedom will take you from pain, misery, brokenness, and hopelessness to healing, deliverance, being set-free, and peacefulness. The promise of a new life awaits you. Join the countless millions who have come to know freedom from addiction through the power of Christ. Do you hear me calling your name to come and follow? Will you obey me and allow me to lead you? I will direct you to lay hold of my freedom. If you follow, you shall find it. Hear me now! The Lord says come.

God’S Addiction Recovery Plan

Author : Michael Wrenn
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490896434

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Michael Wrenn lost his military career, marriage, and other blessings because of his addiction to alcohol and drugs. When three rehabilitation facilities failed to provide him with the help he needed, he reached out to God for help and deliverance. God answered Wrenns call for help and freed him from bondage. He now enjoys a life free of addiction, and in this inspirational account he shares ten steps that helped him beat addiction. Learn how to find the plan that God has for you; recognize the people that God has sent to help you; overcome the guilt and shame that comes with addiction; make God your ally in your fight against addiction. Wrenn is familiar with the pain, misery, and loneliness of addiction, and he shares a message of hope for addicts, recovering addicts, and the family members and pastors who want to help them. By following Gods Addiction Recovery Plan, you can trade your addiction for a life of abundance, victory, purpose, peace, and joy.

Addiction and the Captive Will

Author : Cynthia Geppert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567713551

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Twenty-first century neuroscience has discovered that in some severe cases, addiction may so constrain human freedom that the will is only able to choose to use substances of abuse. At this advanced stage, substance use has become the primary driver of salience, co-opting and subsuming other moral priorities and human rewards. Scholars have investigated Aristotle's concept of akrasia as an ancient mirror of this understanding and there have been some preliminary discussions of Augustine's concept of the divided will as it bears on addiction. No detailed and comprehensive exploration of the work of Augustine has yet been undertaken as it relates to three contemporary models of addiction: the choice, learning, and brain disease models. Augustine's psychological awareness, his mastery of ancient theological and philosophical thinking, and his enormous and enduring influence on both Catholic and Protestant theology, make him an ideal subject for such research. This incisive book argues that Augustine's doctrine of the captive will offers a theological parallel of each of these contemporary models of addiction.

31 Prayers for the Addict I Love

Author : Fran Driscoll
Publisher : Fran Driscoll
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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31 Prayers for the Addict I Love by Fran Driscoll Pdf

Loving an addict hurts… No matter how many times we promise ourselves to not hurt again, there is a pain in knowing that the one you love will do anything to have the addiction of their desire. Addicts will cling tightly. Even if it means death. The ruin of their future—or yours. It can be hard, especially when children pay for it. There is no more powerless feeling on earth. If you’re looking for a book of prayers to uplift the weary, sooth the brokenhearted, and call on the power of God to heal the addicts we love, you’ll love “31 Prayers for the Addict I Love.” Get it Now!

All in the Family

Author : Rita B. Hays
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-20
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781449702281

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Many excellent and informative books have been written on addiction. These books have provided information about the nature of the disease, characteristics of the addictive life-style, and ways to offer recovery to the addict. There have also been helpful books written on the dynamics of family life when family members have an individual who has an addiction. However, few books have been written to help families as they struggle with the faith questions and issues that arise when addiction is a part of the family. This book will help families deal with these faith questions and issues such as where is God, how do I pray, and is there hope? This book is written for families that are dealing with the addiction of a family member. It is intended to address the faith issues that these families are struggling with as they also deal with the family dynamics associated with addiction.

None of These Diseases

Author : Sim I. McMillen
Publisher : Revell
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Health
ISBN : 9780800757199

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None of These Diseases by Sim I. McMillen Pdf

Show how stupidity, ignorance, self-indulgence and other human foibles can destroy well-being, and sometimes lead to a lifetime of sickness, or to death.

Victory over Addictions

Author : Valerie Haun
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781512755862

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Victory over Addictions offers insight to those who are suffering from all addictions by turning to faith based practices . This book will help those suffering from addiction break free from the addictive behavior by applying three principles to your life. This spiritual guidebook restores the power of choice to the readers life . You are empowered to change your belief system and look into the motive of your heart. Control over your mind, will and emotions will determine who you were created to become. Once you begin to apply the principle of renewing your mind with the TRUTH you will see the transforming power to overcome the addictive behavior. Discover how to manage your heart and find the peace and love that God created you to experience. When you choose to belong to the family of God you have a lasting covenant that will help you have Victory.

Addiction and the Captive Will

Author : Cynthia M. A. Geppert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Compulsive behavior
ISBN : 0567713563

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"Conducts a dialogue between the early Christian theologian, Augustine of Hippo, and three modern models of addiction. The choice, learning, and brain disease models of addiction are examined in conversation with Augustine's insight in the Confessions into the mechanism of sin's subversion of the human will, apart from the grace of God. The book argues that Augustine's doctrine of the captive will most closely aligns with the brain disease model of addiction, and that his theology can bring a transcendent dimension both to the neuroscientific understanding of addiction and pathways out of it"--

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984, volume 4

Author : Witness Lee
Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781536006384

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The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984, volume 4, contains messages and fellowship given by Brother Witness Lee on July 9 through November 15, 1984, and on July 31 through August 2, 1986. At the end of June Brother Lee returned from Denver, Colorado, to Anaheim, California, and remained there until the first week in October. From the middle of October until the middle of November, Brother Lee traveled to the Far East and ministered in Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; and Quezon City, Philippines. The contents of this volume are divided into seven sections, as follows: 1. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 29 through August 26, 1984. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Jubilee and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Twenty-one messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 9, 1984, and in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 27 through November 15, 1984. They were previously published in a nineteen-chapter book entitled Crucial Words of Leading in the Lord's Recovery, Book 3: The Future of the Lord's Recovery and the Building Up of the Organic Service and are included in this volume under the same title. 3. A message given in Anaheim, California, on August 11, 1984. This message was translated from Chinese and is included in this volume under the title Concerning the Truth and Experience of the Triune God. 4. Seven messages given in Chinese in Anaheim, California, on September 7 through 28, 1984, and on July 31 through August 2, 1986. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Rising Up to Preach the Gospel and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. A message given in Irvine, California, on September 16, 1984. This message is included in this volume under the title Being Renewed Day by Day by Enjoying God in Christ as the Renewing Element. 6. A message given in Tokyo, Japan, on October 17, 1984. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the Lord's Move on Earth and the Need of the Lord's Move in Japan. 7. Six messages given in Seoul, South Korea, on October 20 through 24, 1984. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Vital Factors for the Recovery of the Church Life and are included in this volume under the same title.

Prayers for the Broken-Hearted

Author : Debbie Kay
Publisher : Hope for the Broken-Hearted
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0988580438

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"Prayers for the Broken-Hearted" was born out of Debbie Kay's ministry, Hope For The Broken Hearted. As someone who knows what it's like to have a broken heart, she knows how to pray for others that are hurting. With a following of millions per week through social media, her daily prayers, accompanied by beautiful scenic pictures of nature, have become a much requested source of strength and encouragement for hurting hearts around the world. Her prayers put words to the cries of a broken heart. For anyone that is hurting, regardless of the source of the pain, these prayers will draw the reader into a closer relationship with God. He is the source of our hope and The One who restores our broken hearts. "Prayers for the Broken-Hearted" is a refreshing, authentic, synergistic offering to any person longing for companionship and comfort. The pictures of nature are visual reminders of how great our Creator is; the words are simple, deep, and full of need as well as profound peace and promises of comfort and hope. - Colleen Swindoll Thompson, Insight For Living, Special Needs Ministry

Addiction to Comfort

Author : George and Helen England Professor of Law Richard Kay,Richard Kay
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781477203606

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Addiction to Comfort by George and Helen England Professor of Law Richard Kay,Richard Kay Pdf

Addiction to Comfort SECRETS OF ALWAYS MAKING APPROPRIATE MORAL CHOICES? In regard to all Addictions, I find it is impossible to arrive at an objective and constant standard of truth and morality without bringing Jesus Christ onto the podium. If an important standard of truth and morality exists, it cannot be the product of the sinner, or it will not be impartial or decisive. It must be the result of a far greater Mind, that of the Christ Jesus. If a constant and unchanging truth exists, it must be beyond human timelines, or it will not be continuous, it must be everlasting. If a universal choice of "right versus wrong" exists, it must go beyond individual understanding, or it will not be "universal". It must be above us all. However, absolute truth must be something or someone to free the addicted that is common to all humanity, and to creation. All is found in one person, and He Jesus Christ is the source of all truth. He is the secret of always making appropriate moral choices.....For in each conflict we have....positions' us in charge of determining what, is the correct moral choice we can put forward? If our instant thought and or our comeback is that of self-deceptive "ends justify the means", your determination is flawed. If your response may be however difficult, but you choose to preserve and improve not only your own human life, integrity and self-respect, you have chosen not to take over Gods role as Creator and Sovereignty over your conflict. Be hopeful and please God, but never partake as God. ...... RICHARD KAY

Handbook for Christ-Centered Substance Abuse and Addiction Counselors

Author : Michael Belzman, Ph.D., MDAAC, MRAS,Michael Belzman
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781609578091

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Handbook for Christ-Centered Substance Abuse and Addiction Counselors by Michael Belzman, Ph.D., MDAAC, MRAS,Michael Belzman Pdf

Dr. Michael Belzman is the founder of the Association of Christian Alcohol & Drug Counselors (ACADC). An educator, counselor and pastor, he is also a speaker at congressional hearings warning law makers against making laws that exclude Faith-Based counselors from participation in the professional arena or infringe upon their religious freedom. ACADC is the only Christ-centered counselor certification organization authorized by any state government. ACADC Institute trains their students biblically so they can provide addiction counseling to Christians in need of the biblical rather than secular options. Few thought it possible that a Christ-centered certification board could exist in today's postmodern society, yet ACADC was written by the hand of God into the California Code of Regulations, opening a door that no man could close. From a background of teaching psychology at secular universities, and a false belief in human solutions to the problems of the soul, Dr. Belzman surrendered his life to Christ in 1980. By nurturing a personal relationship with Him through prayer and Bible study, he found that God's life principles and promises changed his life in a way that psychology or prescribed drugs could not do. He saw first-hand how God's power not only overcomes deep addiction, but can direct the decisions of kings. Dr. Belzman pastors ACADC Christian Fellowship founded on the notion that healing of the soul best takes place in the context of Christ-centered relationships bathed in prayer. He lives with his family in Calimesa, California and welcomes communication from anyone desiring to serve God by becoming a Christ-centered counselor. He and his staff of Christ-centered professionals may be contacted by email at acadc@acadc.org, or by letter addressed to the Association of Christian Alcohol & Drug Counselors, attn: Mike Belzman, PO Box 8604, Redlands, CA 92375.

Addiction and Virtue

Author : Kent Dunnington
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830839018

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In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates a compelling alternative to the two dominant models of addiction--addiction as disease and addiction as choice.

The Augsburg Confession

Author : Timothy J. Wengert
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506432953

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The Augsburg Confession by Timothy J. Wengert Pdf

The Augsburg Confession is the single most-important confession of faith among Lutherans today. However, it is often taught either from a historical perspective or from a dogmatic one. Yet the context out of which it arose was far more practical and lively: marked from the outset as confessions of faith in the face of fierce opposition and threats. The original princely signers, while clearly outlining the teaching of their churches, were also staking their lives on the witness to the gospel that had been emanating from Wittenberg since 1517, when Martin Luther first published his Ninety-Five Theses. By situating both the history and the theology of this document within the practice and life of faith, Timothy J. Wengert shows just how relevant the Confession's witness is for today's Lutheran parishes and their leaders by unlocking how its articles can shape and strengthen the church's witness today.