New Addictions Material from CCEF

I just found out that The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) is releasing new material on addictions and I’m SO excited!

Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away From Addictions (Study Guide and Facilitator’s Guide)
Every one of us is a potential addict. Eventually, every addict finds himself at a crossroads.

This is such an important topic for every church and every Christian! In the words of New Growth Press (who published the books), “To walk with an addict is both a gift and a grief … these curriculum materials lay a Biblical framework for lasting change.”

I am so grateful to CCEF and Ed Welch for creating these resources!

I’ll put the description from their website below with the hope that you will order these resources and be sure to tell your church leaders about them too.

(PLEASE NOTE that these links actually go to some sort of pre-conference sale page and you might need to check back for the actual “non-conference-attendeee” release of the materials. But give yourself a task on your tasklist to do so! It’ll be worth it.)

Blessings on your Tuesday!

Yours,
Tara B.

“Every one of us is a potential addict. Eventually, every addict finds himself at a crossroads.

In a pressure-filled world, the prospect of instant escape can be exhilarating. No matter the object—drugs, alcohol, food, gambling, or sex, just to name a few—addictions lure us. They extend the promise of pleasure. In the end, they deliver emptiness, death, and destruction. What began as an escape from the hassles of life becomes a form of bondage. Addiction is a voluntary slavery. Change doesn’t come easily. But change is possible!

No matter how many times you have tried and failed, there really is a way through the addictive fog. There is a guidebook for living, and, contrary to what many think, it is available to anyone, even to those enslaved by an addiction. God is not silent on this issue. His word offers hope, and that hope is the basis of Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away from Addiction.

Crossroads was designed as a group study for those struggling with addiction. These ten steps, presented in author Ed Welch’s trademark direct, no-nonsense style, provide a biblical and practical framework for change. Welch is a wise and loving partner who walks beside readers on their journey to freedom. Along the way, they will learn to recognize the patterns of addiction, to choose wisdom over foolish desires, and to cling to the hope they have in Jesus, who sets captives free. The path away from addiction has been laid by a God who is full of surprises, who faithfully pursues them even as they have deliberately avoided Him.”