Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave

by Edward T. Welch

Publisher:

New Growth Press

, 2011

Overview

There is an accepted tradition among those who struggle with addictions that goes something like this: helping yourself will help others, and helping others will help yourself. If an alcoholic learns to “take his soul to task,” it will bless family, friends, co-workers, and probably many others. If that same alcoholic looks out for the needs of others, and goes out of his or her way to serve another drinker, then that person will most certainly be blessed in some way.

The reader will probably come to this book with a particular role in mind. For example, many might read with the idea of helping others. But as they dig into Scripture’s teaching on the reckless nature of the human heart and its rich teaching on self-control, it prompts one to acknowledge their own need for help as well. So thinking about your own struggles is the best way to start. Welch’s book admonishes the reader to be sure to look for addictions in their own hearts and lives. Even though the focus of this book will be primarily on drugs and alcohol—prototypic addictions—the basic ideas are relevant to all kinds of sins that are not easily cast off.

What is the basic point of this book? Theology makes a difference. It is the infrastructure of our lives. Build it poorly and the building will eventually collapse in ruins. Build it well and you will be prepared for anything. The basic theology for addictions is that the root problem goes deeper than our genetic makeup. Addictions are ultimately a disorder of worship. Will we worship ourselves and our own desires or will we worship the true God?

Key Features

• Admonishes the reader to be sure to look for addictions in their own hearts.
• Explains the root problem goes deeper than our genetic makeup.
• Deepens in thinking about your own struggles is the best way to start.

Product Details

• Title: Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave
• Author: Edward T. Welch
• Publisher: New Growth Press
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 349
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Addictions
• ISBN: 1397819367681
• Resource ID: LLS:DDCTNSBNQTGRV
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-24T16:35:22Z

About Edward T. Welch

Edward T. Welch (PhD, University of Utah) is a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, where he has served since 1981. He holds a doctor of philosophy in counseling (neuropsychology) from the University of Utah and a master of divinity from Biblical Theological Seminary. Ed is a licensed psychologist and has been active in local church ministry for decades. He has been counseling for more than 35 years and has written extensively on the topics of depression, fear, and addictions. He has written numerous books, including When People Are Big and God Is Small (P&R Publishing, 1997), Shame Interrupted (New Growth Press, 2012), Side by Side (Crossway, 2015), and Created to Draw Near (Crossway, 2020). He blogs regularly at CCEF.org.