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This lecture explores how Christians can think wisely about intoxicating and habit-forming substances—including alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Drawing on a scriptural framework and grounded in medical research, physician Bill and counselor Jill walk through a practical discernment process: examining cultural assumptions, weighing the evidence, and asking honest questions about what need a substance is really serving. The core conviction is that substances offer immediate relief from pain, but they don't produce lasting healing or resilience. Rather than landing on simple rules, this conversation invites listeners toward self-examination and the deeper work of addressing what's underneath the reach for relief.
Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.
Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast
Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)
Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.
Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast
Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)
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This lecture explores how Christians can think wisely about intoxicating and habit-forming substances—including alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Drawing on a scriptural framework and grounded in medical research, physician Bill and counselor Jill walk through a practical discernment process: examining cultural assumptions, weighing the evidence, and asking honest questions about what need a substance is really serving. The core conviction is that substances offer immediate relief from pain, but they don't produce lasting healing or resilience. Rather than landing on simple rules, this conversation invites listeners toward self-examination and the deeper work of addressing what's underneath the reach for relief.
Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.
Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast
Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)
Engage & Equip is a resource designed to help form substantive disciples for the local church.
Find more episodes at highpointchurch.org/podcast
Music: HOME—We're Finally Landing, Nosebleed, If I'm Wrong (https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night)

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