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Jonathan Benz
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“The disease of addiction, for all the pain and damage it causes, is an invitation to see this prodigal God in action. The question is, will we? Will we as the church step out of our comfort zones into uncharted territory that will at times be unpredictable and even scary for us? Or will we, like the older son, gloat, sulk and stomp off in resentment? Would we rather be party poopers or partygoers, estranged children or reconciled ones?”
― The Recovery-Minded Church: Loving and Ministering to People With Addiction
― The Recovery-Minded Church: Loving and Ministering to People With Addiction
“The question is not whether you will encounter addicted people, but how you will respond when you encounter them.”
― The Recovery-Minded Church: Loving and Ministering to People With Addiction
― The Recovery-Minded Church: Loving and Ministering to People With Addiction
“Transformation happens when we see our own crippling brokenness and need for God’s grace in the face and story of the addict in front of us. When addicts are not just the heroin pushers or prescription pill junkies “out there,” but are in our pews and among us, we are in the right position to begin helping addicts step into recovery. And this identification can’t be emphasized enough: my own secret cravings, patterns of self-destructive behavior and unchecked forms of consumption (of money, power, approval—you name it) may not manifest themselves in quite the same way as those of the crack addict in front of me, but they fall within the same realm of human bondage. So getting addicts into recovery means first standing in solidarity with addicts, recognizing that their plight and their stories are hitched to our own and in many ways are similar.”
― The Recovery-Minded Church: Loving and Ministering to People With Addiction
― The Recovery-Minded Church: Loving and Ministering to People With Addiction
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