"Any of these [addictions] are just tools that an idolator uses to carve out the tool of 'self'... the human heart can find any tool it wants to find addictive tendencies." Dr. Mark E. Shaw says. "You can gamble on the weather... Sports aren't the problem. Gambling's not the problem. It's the human heart's desires." This is the biblical approach to understanding addiction and finding hope – "to get grounded in the truth of God's word... and use these brilliant gifts to benefit others for the glory of God."
