By Dr. Mark E. Shaw, with TAC TEAM The Addiction Connection released 35 podcasts in 2023. We started as a listener only podcast and now we have advanced to having videography at all our podcasts so you can listen and watch as I interact with guests. It’s a lot of fun! What were YOUR favorite…
by Shaw, McMurry, and TAC Team Whenever Jesus mentions drunkenness in the Bible, it’s important to take a good look at the context. Luke 21 is chocked full of warnings about the future, and this is one place Jesus brings up a warning about being drunk. Throughout this chapter, Jesus is speaking about the destruction…
by Shaw, McMurry, and TAC Team Video Gaming! Is it a disease—a disorder? Is it compulsive? Can we use the word “addiction” for excessive video game playing? Dr. Mark E. Shaw and CJ McMurry recently discussed these prevalent issues on TAC’s podcast and discerned for us the difference—it’s a problem of the heart. Referencing Dr….
Lou Priolo passed into glory today, as they say, and he could not be in a better place so I rejoice for his gain. I am confident that he is now with the Lord. “Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.”…
Photo by Matias North on Unsplash By Mark Shaw with TAC Team Alcoholism and addiction to substances: Is it a disease? A genetic pre-disposition? An allergy? What can you do about an addiction? Can self-improvement and self-esteem help? The hundred year old belief system of the twelve steps and disease concept is one that is…
By: TAC TEAM Dr. Kevin Carson recently sat down and took the pilot’s seat on The Addiction Connection Podcast turning the tables to ask Dr. Mark E. Shaw the frequently asked questions, apprehensions, and yes, even frustrations, that many local pastors have as they try to address the heart of addiction with those whom they…
Will a pill really be the answer for PTSD, depression, and addiction? Are mushrooms in a pill form going to help or hurt? What do Addiction Biblical Counselors think?
Dr. Mark E. Shaw was recently interviewed by “Community Bridge” on Family Radio. He joins us today to reflect on some of the topics covered in that conversation. An element of pinpointed discipleship. That’s what biblical counseling for addictions really is. Jenny Burkhiser, from Community Bridge on Family Radio, recently interviewed me on the problem…
by TAC TEAM If you attended the 7th annual Summit of The Addiction Connection held on August 3-5, 2023, in Cincinnati, OH, you were blessed with a God-glorifying, Christ-exalting event with like-minded brothers and sisters in Christ from around the U.S., Canada, and Mexico! But if you missed this event, then allow us to share…
Psychedelics? Like magic mushrooms and LSD of the 60’s – to “treat” people suffering from sadness that doesn’t get helped by current medicines? Are you serious? That was my first reaction when I read about the new “treatment” for human suffering and sadness. Mankind never ceases to try and invent empty solutions to the age-old…
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