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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jonathan K OkinagaPublisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.381kg ISBN: 9781666706505ISBN 10: 1666706507 Pages: 158 Publication Date: 23 September 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsOccasionally, you pick up a book that demands the reassessment of how church ministry is being accomplished. Such a book prompts deeper reflection and calls for new action. Jon Okinaga has written such a work in From Sin to Disease. Be warned, it will indeed require you to think afresh about how to bring gospel truths to bare in people's lives. --Michael S. Wilder, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary In From Sin to Disease, Jonathan Okinaga traces the history of how alcohol abuse has changed from being regarded as a sin to being understood as a disease. He shows that churches turn to the world's wisdom through Alcoholics Anonymous and related groups to help those struggling with alcohol addiction. This history and his conclusions are informative for Christians considering how best to minister to those struggling with addiction. --John Babler, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary Occasionally, you pick up a book that demands the reassessment of how church ministry is being accomplished. Such a book prompts deeper reflection and calls for new action. Jon Okinaga has written such a work in From Sin to Disease. Be warned, it will indeed require you to think afresh about how to bring gospel truths to bare in people's lives. --Michael S. Wilder, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary In From Sin to Disease, Jonathan Okinaga traces the history of how alcohol abuse has changed from being regarded as a sin to being understood as a disease. He shows that churches turn to the world's wisdom through Alcoholics Anonymous and related groups to help those struggling with alcohol addiction. This history and his conclusions are informative for Christians considering how best to minister to those struggling with addiction. --John Babler, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary Author InformationJonathan K. Okinaga is assistant professor of Biblical Counseling at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He is the author of How God Sanitized My Soul (2009) and My Loved One Is an Addict: Now What? (2019). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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