by Mark Shaw | Jan 26, 2018 | Addiction, Announcements, Answers, Biblical Counseling, Current Events
Homicides have nearly doubled in Tijuana. 1,744 people died in 2017 and many of them were connected to drug dealing, drug abuse, and addictive choices. These deaths are the unintended consequences of addiction. The world-wide addiction problem could become our modern...
by Mark Shaw | Dec 24, 2017 | Addiction, Biblical Counseling
For the first time since 1962 and 1963, life expectancy in the United States has DECREASED two years in a row and the opioid crisis is suspected to be the major factor contributing to this dismal news according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). A...
by Mark Shaw | Oct 26, 2017 | Addiction, Announcements, Biblical Counseling
Today’s announcement by the President that the opioid crisis will now be a national public health emergency will bring heightened awareness to this long-standing problem. That’s the good news. My hope is that the federal government will recognize...
by Mark Shaw | Jul 25, 2017 | Addiction, Announcements, Biblical Counseling
Dr. Shaw recently had the opportunity to teach at the IBCD (The Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship) in California on the topic of his new booklet: Understanding Temptation: The War Within Your Heart In this booklet he discusses three main ideas that...
by Mark Shaw | May 26, 2017 | Addiction, Answers, Biblical Counseling
Our featured Booklet this week is Mark Shaw’s Hope and Help for Gambling, Focus Publishing, Bemidji, MN, 2007. Mark, as a part of a team of biblical counselors in Birmingham, AL, decided to write short helpful booklets to provide a starting point for those they...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 15, 2016 | Addiction, Biblical Counseling, National Recovery Month, Uncategorized
While it is not a biblical article, this secular online report from The Rolling Stone recognizes the heroin overdose epidemic that is occurring in several mid-Western states. If you aren’t familiar with the recent problem, here is a summary for you from a...
