Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave : Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel (Resources for Changing Lives) by Edward Welch stands as a vital collection of thoughts relating the subject of addictions. Welch’s title is descriptive of a grim reality; what he terms a “worship disorder.” All life boils down to worship; the worship of self or the worship of our Creator God. Therefore, at the crux of addictive behavior is a choice to worship the grim face of the prince and power of this world and his purposes. Welch takes us beyond the surface issues of the various specific addictions to the deeper theological implications and motives causing the addiction and the worship war. Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave is a very valuable theological and practical work on an extremely needed topic.

 

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