What does Scripture Say about Shame? We first see shame in the garden in Genesis 3, right after Adam and Eve ate the apple. Two people who formally knew no shame all of a sudden only know to hide. Genesis 3:7-10 says, Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselv

Shame. Its a five letter word no one wants to talk about or deal with, yet its one I find myself talking about (or dancing around) over and over each week…simply because of the ways not talking about it has played out in people’s lives. Usually it comes about being discussed in my office because of the way people “should” all over themselves in session. Isn’t that what we do with shame? We “should” all over ourselves…. I should lose 5 pounds…I should do something more product

Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave: Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel. Edward T. Welch. Phillipsburg: P & R Publishing, 2001. 296 pp. About The Author Ed Welch is a counselor and faculty member of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, a Christian counseling and educational ministry located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He holds a M.Div from Biblical Theological Seminary and a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology with a neuro-psychology specialty from the Univers