#67 - National Recovery Month, Part 4: Defining Addiction (Dr. Shaw)

Dr. Mark E. Shaw continues the series during National Recovery Month, which he has renamed National Transformation Month for Christians. Luke 6:45 "The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks." (ESV) 1:01 Is the word addiction actually in the Bible? 1:11 Benjamin Rush 2:18  Sin, drunkenness, idolatry, witchcraft, "pharmakia" 2:43 The Center on Addiction answers the question, "What is an Addiction?" 5:02 A complex chronic medical fatal disease that eliminates the entire Body of Christ? 11:48 People with addiction or people who get stuck in their enslaving desires? 13:05 How you define the problem will determine how you deal with it 13:44 Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT): what does the addiction world think of this treatment for those with addiction? Suboxone, methadone, etc 15:29 What do believers in the Lord Jesus Christ have that the world doesn't have? 16:27 What is the Biblical definition of addiction? Ephesians 5:18 and Luke 6:45 17:40 What does Jesus mean by "good person" in Luke 6:45? 18:15 Mark Shaw's redefining of the world's definition of addiction as of 2020 19:56 Physical enslaving component of addiction 20:37 Worship disorder or substance use disorder? Isaiah 44:9-20 22:40 What about sin? Is this hard and cruel to say it this way? 25:10 How will you take this message of truth to the world around you?