About this Audio Course

Counselors, pastors, and all Christ-followers will benefit from this audio course providing a biblical evaluation of self-help philosophies. Taught by Dr. Mark E. Shaw, this course will equip the learner to think critically about the types of counseling available in the world today, the importance of language in counseling, analyzing secular self-help groups like AA and Christian self-help groups like CR, common myths of addiction, and comparing idolatry and addiction based upon Ezekiel 14. 

This course concludes with a practical application of the concepts you’ve learned: how to biblically counsel someone who has been exposed to 12 Step philosophies.

Course curriculum

    1. 12-Step and Celebrate Recovery Critique [2025] - Mark Shaw

    2. Understanding the Disease Model of Addictions

    3. A Biblical Understanding of Twelve Steps Programs

    4. Understanding and Evaluating Celebrate Recovery from a Biblical Perspective

    1. 12 Podcasts Critiquing the 12 Steps of AA

    2. Step 1

    3. Step 2

    4. Step 3

    5. Step 4

    6. Step 5

    7. Step 6

    8. Step 7

    9. Step 8

    10. Step 9

    11. Step 10

    12. Step 11

    13. Step 12

    14. Summary of Podcast Series

    1. 2 Charts - Comparison of Counseling Approaches

    2. Audio - Comparison of Counseling Approaches

    3. Student Handout Comparing Idolatry and Addiction roots responses results Ezek 14:1-9

    4. PowerPoint to Accompany Comparing Idolatry and Addiction Ezek 14 roots resp results

    5. Audio - Comparing Idolatry and Addiction: Roots, Responses, & Results – Ezekiel 14:1-11

    1. Student Handout Myths of Addiction Shaw Critiques Dodes

    2. PowerPoint to Accompany Lesson Myths of Addiction Shaw Critiques Dodes

    3. Audio - The Myths of Addiction

    1. Combined Student Handouts for Lessons 1-3

    2. Combined PowerPoints to Accompany Lessons 1-3

    3. Audio - Lesson 1

    4. Audio - Lesson 2

    5. Audio - Lesson 3

    1. Student Handout

    2. Audio - How to Graciously Counsel a 12-Stepper

About this course

  • Over 4 hours of audio lessons

Reviews

5 star rating

Very interesting class!

susan bucher

I have found this class to be very interesting and very helpful to the biblical counseling ministry I am involved in. I wish I could listen to it over and ov...

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I have found this class to be very interesting and very helpful to the biblical counseling ministry I am involved in. I wish I could listen to it over and over again as a review of the class whenever I am able...it is that good! Thank you for speaking the truth in love about such an important topic....And for loving God and his Word so much that you are willing to step out boldly to speak these truths , even though many will not hear. Your ministry to the addicted is appreciated. Thanks, Sue

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5 star rating

Informative

Jeff Mesker

Eye opening information. Help you understand a lot between the types of self-help.

Eye opening information. Help you understand a lot between the types of self-help.

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