Steve Barnett’s Testimony of Transformation For our 20th TAC Podcast, we have a special edition featuring Steve Barnett’s testimony of transformation. Steve shares a powerful picture of how disciple-making in an addict’s life is the catalyst for how Jesus Christ can transform a person’s heart. It is a wonderful example of the truth of the…
A solid understanding of biblical repentance and forgiveness is essential to the Gospel. All biblical counselors, and more specifically addiction biblical counselors, should have a good grasp of these foundational concepts and be able to teach them to others. I believe the topics of forgiveness and repentance are most difficult to teach, however, because none…
Harvard professor and author Gene Heyman. Ph.D. had this to say about a community’s response to addiction, “We typically do not advocate incarceration and medical care for the same activities” (2009). Consider this: When caught, a thief goes immediately to jail. Someone having a heart attack goes immediately to the emergency room – deciding the…
Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven… When we launched Truth in Love Ministries in 2007, the world was a messy place. Not much has changed in 2020. Some might argue the world is even messier! We’ve not had a pandemic in my lifetime until now,…
Addiction cuts across all professions and all people because it is a spiritual heart problem. An article about drug abuse in the medical profession of nursing addresses the added temptation nurses have of handling medications. Most cases involving the discipline of nurses in Connecticut were substance abuse related (82%) and 51 additional cases involved a…
Homicides have nearly doubled in Tijuana. 1,744 people died in 2017 and many of them were connected to drug dealing, drug abuse, and addictive choices. These deaths are the unintended consequences of addiction. The world-wide addiction problem could become our modern day bubonic plague that killed 25 million people in under 5 years in Europe…
Imagine you are watching a drug bust into a home and much to your surprise, you recognize the house. It’s your own home! That’s what happened to Kaitlyn Endres as reported in a Jacksonville news article. She said she was surprised about a drug bust in the home she owns and vacated after an estrangement…
For the first time since 1962 and 1963, life expectancy in the United States has DECREASED two years in a row and the opioid crisis is suspected to be the major factor contributing to this dismal news according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). A problem like this appears to be overwhelming to…
Today’s announcement by the President that the opioid crisis will now be a national public health emergency will bring heightened awareness to this long-standing problem. That’s the good news. My hope is that the federal government will recognize faith-based entities like the places where I have been employed to be supported. Old approaches have not…
The first ever report on alcohol, drugs, and health by the surgeon general has been released and some of the facts and key findings are helpful. Read the report here. The report estimates that 1 in 7 Americans will face addiction issues. I would say that number is higher: 7 in 7 Americans face idolatrous…
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