#36 - Critique of The 12 Steps - Step 7 - Daphne Duncan

Special Guest: Daphne Duncan, a Christ-follower, wife, mother of three children, and Biblical Counselor at Summit Life Church in Southwest Florida and they can be contacted at summitlife.com Dr. Mark E. Shaw continues the series by asking Daphne about Step 7 of The Twelve Steps. Those can be found at https://aa.org/pages/en_US/read-the-big-book-and-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions Their discussion centers around how the Bible speaks into the lives of God’s people who have been addicted and are addicted, and how the Twelve Steps sometimes contradict what God says in His Word. Many people use this self-help movement to stay sober, but the problem is when the self-help movement sets itself up as a spiritual solution that often falls short in exalting the One True God of Scripture. The doctrine of sin is foundational when understanding addictions. Here in this step, we are labeling the sin as “character defects” or “shortcomings.” Addiction can look complicated and messy but at its root is a worship disorder when our worship is placed on self rather than rightly on our Creator the God of the Bible. Is this missing out on the liberty and the joy that can happen when coupled with the announcement of this antidote? Daphne is also a Commissioned Addictions Biblical Counselor with The Addiction Connection. Connecting the hope of the gospel with the heart of addiction: theaddictionconnection.org