by Mark Shaw | Jul 20, 2022 | TAC Blog
This article was written with assistance from TAC team Why Does Relapse Occur? Someone with six years of sobriety said he returned to his addictive choices. There were no physical reasons like cravings or withdrawal for his return. Clearly, his physical body was clean...
by Mark Shaw | Jun 9, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
Commissioned Addictions Biblical Counselor, Shirley Crowder, teaches about an eternal focus by encouraging us with this thought: “As Christ followers, we have the promise, and the hope, and the assurance that we will spend eternity in heaven with God the Father… and...
by Mark Shaw | May 23, 2022 | TAC Blog
By Dr. Mark Shaw Desperation.[1] That’s what seems to be driving the three persons who have submitted to a surgical brain procedure called DBS to potentially solve their cravings for illicit drugs. DBS stands for Deep Brain Stimulation: a nickel sized hole is cut into...
by Mark Shaw | May 2, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
By TAC Team Are you afraid of death? What about the fear of a loved one’s death? You are not alone. Fear is rampant through our country and our world. COVID-19 did not ease our troubled minds any. And if someone you care about is using a substance like...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 13, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
-by TAC TEAM The founder of The Addiction Connection, Dr. Mark E. Shaw, hosted Oliver Underwood of The Damascus House on TAC’s podcast entitled “Habakkuk and Addiction” (#149). Underwood leads a men’s residential program for addiction that is recommended by The...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 12, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
Is there anything practical in the Bible to address addiction? What does God’s Word tell us about our modern world’s various modes of getting drunk (pills, fentanyl, weed, heroin, alcohol, etc)? Dr. Shaw hosted Oliver Underwood of The Damascus House on TAC’s podcast...
by Mark Shaw | Dec 24, 2021 | TAC Blog
It’s Christmas Eve and yet I cannot get over the fact that fentanyl is reportedly the #1 killer for people ages 18-45 according to the CDC. People seek their usual drug of choice only to discover too late that it was fentanyl laced—that’s what is killing...
by Mark Shaw | Dec 8, 2021 | Addiction, Missions, TAC Blog
Guest Post by Josh Brunk, Executive Director of Village Mercy Ministries “Addicts make the best evangelists.” This was my introduction to Dr. Mark Shaw when he visited The Mission House in Port Orchard, Washington. He spoke this to encourage those of us in the...
by Mark Shaw | Nov 8, 2021 | Current Events, Events, Ministry News, TAC Blog
Hey Friends, Wow! “Best Summit yet!” is what we heard often and we agree. Jesus was glorified, relationships were forged, and we renewed our enthusiasm for reaching the lost with the hope of the gospel. Long-time friends of TAC had the opportunity to meet...
by Mark Shaw | May 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
As you may have heard in today’s podcast, we are thrilled to announce the launch of Addictions Counseling Specialization: Education Phase online course, created in collaboration with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) and Grace Counseling...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 1, 2021 | Disciple-Making, podcast, TAC Blog
Pastor Steve Covington of Through the Gate, a women’s residential addiction program, joins Dr. Mark E. Shaw on The Addiction Connection’s first podcast of the year. (Listen now!) 2 Corinthians 5:17 states: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 29, 2020 | TAC Blog
So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10:31 For years Mark has been asked by countless people, “When are you going to do a group study for addiction that is consistent with the Bible?” He would always answer, “I’m...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 25, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
By TAC Team: Some content has been paraphrased from Miss Shirley Crowder’s and Dr. Mark Shaw’s Podcast Conversation about the book EASTER: Meditations for Addict, available at Amazon here April 2022 – Podcast #157 “Easter – Week 7” Can God Really Rescue Someone...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 18, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
By TAC Team: summarized, and paraphrased from Miss Shirley Crowder and Dr. Mark Shaw’s Podcast Conversation about the book EASTER: Meditations for Addict, available at Amazon here April 2022 – Podcast #156 “Easter- Week 6” Did Jesus really rise from the dead? In...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 11, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
By TAC Team: summarized, and paraphrased from Miss Shirley Crowder and Dr. Mark Shaw’s Podcast Conversation about the book EASTER: Meditations for Addict, available at Amazon April 2022 – Podcast #155 “Easter- Week 5” How Much Did Salvation Cost? All through...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 4, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
By TAC Team (based on teaching from Miss Shirley Crowder and Dr. Mark Shaw’s Podcast Conversation)-April 2022 – Podcast #154 “Easter week 4” “Do you know the Jesus about whom you’ve been reading?” “After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 31, 2022 | TAC Blog
By TAC Team (based on teaching from Miss Shirley Crowder and Dr. Mark Shaw’s Podcast Conversation)-March 2022 – Podcast #153 “Easter week 3” What Does “The Lord’s Supper” Mean? – Part 2 of 2 Missed Part 1? Click here to read now The Passover celebration of the Jewish...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 28, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
By TAC Team (based on teaching from Miss Shirley Crowder and Dr. Mark Shaw’s Podcast Conversation)-March 2022 – Podcast #153 “Easter week 3” What Does “The Lord’s Supper” Mean? – Part 1 of 2 All through scripture we see that shed blood is required in order for...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 21, 2022 | TAC Blog
By TAC Team John 12:12-13 ESV “The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 15, 2022 | TAC Blog, Uncategorized
by TAC Team EASTER: Meditations for Addicts was written by Dr. Mark E. Shaw and Shirley Crowder and is part of a series along with the book ADVENT: Meditations for Addicts. Shirley is a co-founder of this ministry with Dr. Shaw and serves as The Addiction Connection’s...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 2, 2022 | TAC Blog
Hebrews 1:1-4 ESV [1] “1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 24, 2022 | TAC Blog
Can brain surgery solve a person’s addiction problem? Read WORLD Magazine’s February 23, 2022 article by Addie Michaelian here! Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a new, highly experimental brain surgery that attempts to regulate one’s cravings, or what...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 22, 2022 | TAC Blog
Here are 22 ways you can pray for The Addiction Connection on… “TAC 2’s-day” From Colossians chapter 1 pray these things for each residential and non-residential ministry within TAC’s Network: Increasing in love for all the saints (v.4)...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 14, 2022 | TAC Blog
by Dr. Mark E. Shaw (with TAC Team) The issue of fentanyl is getting significantly worse over time – it killed 40,000 people in 2021. This DEA report is information from the graphs and statistics that the CDC collects (read more). Why is fentanyl on the rise? It is...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 7, 2022 | TAC Blog
By Dr. Mark E. Shaw A Little TAC History Ten years ago, The Addiction Connection officially launched with 12 national leaders in the biblical approach to addiction who met together in Cleveland, Ohio. After more than a year of praying and planning, the ministry began...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 31, 2022 | Addiction, TAC Blog
by Dr. Mark E. Shaw (with TAC Team) Anxiety is all around you. You don’t have to look very hard to see you live in a fallen, broken world. There is a lot to be anxious about. The future is uncertain and full of surprises yet since mankind’s Fall in Genesis, it...
