The titles below describe Christian ministries aimed at addiction and/or give information about addictions and recovery that may be used by pastoral counselors or sponsors.
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Sex Addiction in the Church: 12 Christian Men Share Their Stories of Recovery
Steve Steele, Editor
Audience: Those seeking to minister to men with sex addictions, including pornography.
Info: This dirty dozen, now cleansed by grace, reveal their preceding pasts to help others. The Internet provides every possible form of porn. For some it serves as the gateway to other sexual sins. Co-authors include two former ministers, a former missionary, two preachers' sons and several Christian college graduates.
176-page trade paperback - Retail price $12.75
No Stones: Women Redeemed from Sexual Addiction
By Marnie C. Ferree
Audience: Those wishing to minister to women with sexual addictions and their loved ones.
Info: Author Marnie C. Ferree describes how sexual abuse by a family "friend” as a pre-teen morphed into sexual addiction as a young adult. She details her years of shame from living a double life to the moment when she was forced to face the truth. Now a counselor, she provides a much-needed resource for women struggling with any degree of relational or sexual addiction. It also includes a specific chapter aimed at helping anyone in a close relationship with an addict. The title of the book comes from the parable of Jesus extending grace to the woman caught in adultery.
276 pages in an 6 by 9" format, soft cover - Retail price $20.00
Christians Against Substance Abuse
By David "Buck" Griffith
Audience: A curriculum focusing on addiction-recovery for jail/prison ministries, recovery groups, Bible classes or by use by pastoral counselors.
Info: Used throughout the U.S., this workbook includes 13 Bible-based lessons utilizing the 12 steps to recovery. The workbook is divided into four sections: Starting Off Right, Finding Peace with God, Making Peace with Men, Going on to Perfection.
110 pages in an 8 ½ by 11" format, soft cover - Retail price $14.95
Combo: Deliver Us I & Deliver Us II
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Deliver Us II: Discovering Your Idols on the Path to the Promised Land
By Don Umphrey
Audience: People wishing to minister to those who are addicted or co-dependent.
Info: Why do people return to an addictive substance, behavior or pattern of thinking after being free from it for months or even years? What does it take to maintain long-term freedom from addiction? The author provides illustrations from his own story of alcoholism and recovery. He also uses the children of Israel as slaves in ancient Egypt and their journey to the Promised Land as a metaphor for why people wish to return to slavery. This title may stand alone or may be used in conjunction with Deliver Us I.
235-page trade paperback, 19 chapters illustrated with 2 photos and 16 images - Retail price $14.99
Deliver Us I: Recognizing the Influence of Evil on the Road to Redemption
By Don Umphrey
Audience: People wishing to minister to those who are addicted or co-dependent.
Info: The author uses his personal story of alcoholism to relate in biblical terms how the source of evil ensnares people into addiction. Describes why people initially turn to an addictive substance, behavior or pattern of thinking, the onset of denial, the downward path toward self-destruction, and what it takes for a person to repent, confess and seek a God-focused life. Includes questions for self-examination and group discussion. This title may stand alone or may be used in conjunction with Deliver Us II.
191-page trade paperback, 12 chapters illustrated with 4 full-page graphics - Retail price $12.99
Combo: My Son: An Addict-Finding Hope for Him and Peace for Me & Journey to Recovery Through Christ: CASA's 12-Step Study Bible
All Bible passages in My Son: An Addict include page numbers in this Bible. This makes for easy cross-references, especially for those unaccustomed to navigating through the Word of God.
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My Son: An Addict - Finding Hope for Him and Peace for Me
By Janet P. Barnes
Audience: Spiritual counselors working with people who are codependent.
Info: This Christian mom details how she was brought to her knees by vain attempts to fix her drug-addicted son. She describes her spiritual journey to recovery that resulted in a new relationship with Jesus Christ and her own son. To guide people in finding the same spiritual solutions, 14 of her 16 chapters are followed by workbook sections that include blanks for biblical fill-ins. You may use Janet’s volume in conjunction with Journey to Recovery Through Christ: CASA's 12-Step Study Bible where biblical citations in her book include page numbers found in this Bible plus other tie-ins. Or you may use any other NASB Bible© 1995.
216 pages in an 8 ½ by 11" format, soft cover - Retail price $16.95
Combo: Twelve Steps to a Closer Walk with God: The Workbook, 3rd Edition & Journey to Recovery Through Christ: CASA's 12-Step Study Bible
All Bible passages in the workbook include page numbers in the Bible. This makes for easy cross-references, especially for those unaccustomed to navigating through the Word of God.
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Twelve Steps to a Closer Walk with God: The Workbook, 3rd Edition
By Don Umphrey and 14 anonymous co-authors
Audience: For use by pastoral counselors to guide addicted individuals through the biblical basis of the 12 steps.
Info: Each chapter includes a step overview, at least one first-person story, plus biblical passages and fill-ins. All scriptural citations in this workbook are followed by page numbers in Journey to Recovery Through Christ: CASA's 12-Step Study Bible which utilizes the New American Standard Version of the Bible © 1995. Or you may use any other NASB Bible © 1995.
176 pages in an 8 ½ by 11" format, 14 chapters - Retail price $16.95
Journey to Recovery Through Christ: CASA's 12-Step Study Bible
The New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs from the New American Standard Bible; recovery annotations by Don Umphrey; editor, David "Buck" Griffith.
Audience: People striving to minister to people seeking recovery and individuals with a desire to study the biblical basis of the steps.
Info: May be used in conjunction with the workbooks below. Includes: More than 600 questions for self-examination or group study. A Step Overview for each of the 12 steps. 117 Step Reflections that connect step information to Bible passages. 63 Recovery Insights tied to verses aimed at additional spiritual growth. An Introduction tracing the roots of addiction to the Garden of Eden. A chapter detailing the origin of the steps and their biblical basis. Cross references throughout.
529 pages in a 6" by 9" format, soft cover - Retail price $19.95
Overcome by Addiction: How to Help the Hurting in Your Church and Neighborhood
Audience: Those wishing to minister to addicted people.
Info: Nineteen co-authors, many in recovery, tell about their ministries to help addicted and co-dependent people, including fellow Christians, relatives, friends, neighbors, co-workers, homeless, institutionalized, the list goes on.
192-page trade paperback - Retail price $13.50
