EPISODE · Nov 18, 2020 · 31 MIN
#84 - 10 Myths of Addiction: Myth 3 (McMurry and Dr. Shaw)
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In this podcast series, we're looking into Lance Dodes' 10 Myths of Addiction. We're joined by CJ McMurry a TAC Commissioned Addictions Biblical Counselor from The Refuge, a residential program for men in Winterset, Iowa as we discuss Myth #3. Find more people who help and the programs they run at www.theaddictionconnection.org 2:23 - 2 TImothy 3:2-5 3:00 - Myth #3 "If you have an addiction, you are self-destructive". The description of our problem from God's point of view; apart from Christ this is our bent 5:40 - Jeremiah 2:13 tells us about our two evils - forsaken the fountain of living waters and hewn out broken cisterns that hold no water. We always want to seek our own way rather than submit to the Lord's plan 7:30 - Addictive choices do lead to destruction but the reality is that your motivation is that you love what you THINK it does for you 8:26 - "Having an addiction" vs. desires within me 11:32 - The Biblical approach says 'lovers of self' which is feeding the flesh and self-loving (not self-destructive) according to 2 Timothy 13:40 - Augustine of Hippo said, "My heart is restless until it finds its rest in Thee" 16:15 - What about self-esteem? Matthew 22:37-40 tells us that Jesus knows we don't have a problem loving ourselves. We just need to love others as much as we already love ourselves. 18:45 - Book we recommend by Nicolas Ellen, entitled, Self-Esteem, Self-Image, Self-love: How to Trade the Trinity of Self Worship for the Triangle of Self-evaluation 20:37 - Having an addiction. vs. Having a sinful heart problem 22:50 - Quote from Puritan, Thomas Watson: "Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet." 24:40 - Jeremiah 2:13 Turning our back on God and looking for other ways to fill our hearts will only sicken, poison, and destroy us. 25:27 - What's going on at the mens' residential program of The Refuge in Winterset, Iowa, Snd Saylorville GCR (Gospel-Centered Recovery) Find more resources we recommend at www.theaddictionconnection.org/published-resources
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In this podcast series, we're looking into Lance Dodes' 10 Myths of Addiction. We're joined by CJ McMurry a TAC Commissioned Addictions Biblical Counselor from The Refuge, a residential program for men in Winterset, Iowa as we discuss Myth #3. Find more people who help and the programs they run at www.theaddictionconnection.org 2:23 - 2 TImothy 3:2-5 3:00 - Myth #3 "If you have an addiction, you are self-destructive". The description of our problem from God's point of view; apart from Christ this is our bent 5:40 - Jeremiah 2:13 tells us about our two evils - forsaken the fountain of living waters and hewn out broken cisterns that hold no water. We always want to seek our own way rather than submit to the Lord's plan 7:30 - Addictive choices do lead to destruction but the reality is that your motivation is that you love what you THINK it does for you 8:26 - "Having an addiction" vs. desires within me 11:32 - The Biblical approach says 'lovers of self' which is feeding the flesh and self-loving (not self-destructive) according to 2 Timothy 13:40 - Augustine of Hippo said, "My heart is restless until it finds its rest in Thee" 16:15 - What about self-esteem? Matthew 22:37-40 tells us that Jesus knows we don't have a problem loving ourselves. We just need to love others as much as we already love ourselves. 18:45 - Book we recommend by Nicolas Ellen, entitled, Self-Esteem, Self-Image, Self-love: How to Trade the Trinity of Self Worship for the Triangle of Self-evaluation 20:37 - Having an addiction. vs. Having a sinful heart problem 22:50 - Quote from Puritan, Thomas Watson: "Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet." 24:40 - Jeremiah 2:13 Turning our back on God and looking for other ways to fill our hearts will only sicken, poison, and destroy us. 25:27 - What's going on at the mens' residential program of The Refuge in Winterset, Iowa, Snd Saylorville GCR (Gospel-Centered Recovery) Find more resources we recommend at www.theaddictionconnection.org/published-resources
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