Q024_121025 Rom. 1:24,26,28 God's Peculiar Way Of Getting Our AttentionQ024_121025 Rom. 1:24,26,28 God's Peculiar Way Of Getting Our Attention
How it Happens with Colin Cook
Colin Cook explores how faith-training in the Gospel of Christ can help intercept addiction, using biblical teachings to guide listeners towards sobriety.
14:39•10 Dec 2025
Finding Grace: A Journey Through Faith and Sobriety
Episode Overview
- Faith can intercept addictions like alcohol, drugs, and more.
- Humanity tends to replace God with idols, leading to emptiness.
- God's engagement is about grace, not abandonment.
- Biblical teachings remain relevant in understanding addiction.
- Personal reflection can reveal God's grace in life's struggles.
“"God has to do some very strange things in his passionate love for us in order to bring us back to him."”
What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? Colin Cook takes us on a fascinating journey through the teachings of Romans Chapter 1, exploring how faith can help intercept addictions, be it alcohol, drugs, or other vices. He paints a vivid picture of humanity's tendency to replace God with idols and how this leads to emptiness and darkness.
The episode intricately links biblical passages with the modern struggle against addiction, showing how God's grace and mercy can guide us back to a fulfilling life. Cook emphasises that God's way of getting our attention is not through abandonment but through engagement, giving us the freedom to choose our paths while gently steering us towards redemption. With references to both Paul and Ezekiel, he illustrates how these ancient texts remain relevant in understanding human behaviour today.
If you've ever felt lost in your journey to sobriety, this episode offers a comforting reminder that grace is always within reach. So, what steps can you take today to embrace this grace and find your way back home?
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