Every Friday we give away a free book that has been instrumental in our understanding of mercy ministry.  You don’t have to be involved in mercy ministry to notice that people all around us struggle with addiction.  We all know of persons dealing with the abuse of alcohol, food, sex, gambling, and more.  As a matter of fact, you may be dealing with an addiction and haven’t told anyone.

This week, we are giving away a copy of Ed Welch’s book Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave. It’s book on addictions written by a leader of the biblical counseling movement, informed by his wide experience in counseling people with addictions.

This helpful book discusses how to think theologically about addictions and shows how the gospel gives hope and freedom from the things that enslave us.  Some of the topics covered include

• The Decent into Addiction
• Speaking the Truth in Love
• Knowing and Fearing the Lord
• Turning from Lies
• Saying “NO”
• Being part of the Christian Body

Each chapter concludes with practical next steps for the addict and suggestions for those who are helping the addict.  In this short video, Ed Welch talks about the curriculum, Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away from Addiction.  Crossroads is a curriculum based on the book Addictions.

All you have to do to enter the drawing for the book is enter your name and email address below.  You may only enter your name once for the drawing.  The drawing is open until noon on Saturday, March 6, when we will take all names entered and use a program to randomly pick a winner.  We will contact you by email if you won and give you instructions about picking up the book.

Visit here to talk to a Sojourn Counselor about any addiction that you are struggling with.