By Don Williams It is possible to find freedom from fear and release from addictive thoughts and behaviors. When you allow Jesus to fill the emptiness in your life, you can leave addiction in the dust! Too many churches perpetuate compulsive sin by overemphasizing the control that we have in our lives – but the Bible tells us that churches must lead a person with an addictive behavior to dependence on Jesus. When we learn to...
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By James Friesen, E. James Wilder, Anne Bierling, Rick Koepcke, & Maribeth Poole The Life Model is a unifying approach to ministries of counseling, recovery, pastoral care, prayer ministry, deliverance, inner healing, child rearing, body life and health. Substance abuse recovery programs internationally are guided by the Life Model’s five principles. Because the Life Model develops strong maturity, it is widely used as a...
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By Mark I. Wallace We live in an age of vast and rapid destruction of habitats and species. Yet Christianity holds great potential for healing this situation. Indeed, the Bible and Christian tradition are a treasure trove of rich images and stories about God as an “earthen” being who sustains the natural world with compassion and thereby models for humankind environmentally healthy ways of being. Mark Wallace’s...
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