A Special Message for
Hurried, Hungry,
History Hunters
By Dick B.
© 2012 Anonymous. All
rights reserved
[Christians in recovery are active, busy, and have a full
platter with their families and friends, their jobs and activities, their
church and fellowship activities, and the time they spend in A.A.
So who has time to read the Bible, the Big Book, Dick B.'s
44 A.A. history titles, and over 1,100 Dick B. articles on A.A. history and the
Christian Recovery Movement to boot. Answer? Most people I've met have just
wanted to get on with helping others in their own particular arena.
Yet, I have found that most of the people who have read
and/or acquired Dick B. audio, video, and/or text-based materials have done so
because they had: (1) known very little about early A.A.'s Christian origins
and biblical roots; (2) sometimes been quashed when they had spoken about the
Creator, His Son Jesus Christ, or the Bible in 12-Step recovery meetings; (3)
known that A.A. without God is not enough; (4) learned that early AAs were able
to develop a program that looked very much like First Century Christianity in
the Book of Acts; (5) really wanted to help others find the same peace, power, love, guidance, healing, and
deliverance by the power of God that the Bible promises; and (6) not been keen
about the "wisdom of the rooms," nor about "spirituality"
(which was somehow supposed to be different from "religion"), nor
about light bulbs as higher powers, nor about "choosing" one's
"own conception of" a "god." They had known that there had
to have been more!]
You have real choices:
• Encourage,
organize or participate in a Christian Recovery program that meets daily needs.
A program that includes opportunities for natural people to be saved and come
to the knowledge of the truth; daily contact with believers; and frequent and
regular participation in A.A. meetings and/or Christian Recovery meetings that
are benefitting from the roles played by God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the
Bible in early A.A.'s astonishing successes.
• Become a
"Participant" in the International Christian Recovery Coalition-at no
cost to you (www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com).
• Acquire the
A.A. and Christian Recovery tools that others are now using successfully
throughout the world. For example:.
1. The Good Book and the Big Book: A.A.'s Roots in the Bible
(http://dickb.com/goodbook.shtml).
2. The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide
(http://www.dickb.com/Christian-Recovery-Guide-files/).
3. Stick with the Winners!: How to Conduct More Effective
12-Step Recovery Meetings Using Conference-Approved Literature: A Dick B. Guide
for Christian Leaders and Workers in the Recovery Arena.
(http://www.dickb.com/Stick-with-the-Winners.shtml).
4. The 27-video "Stick with the Winners!" class.
(http://christianrecoveryradio.com/Stick-with-the-Winners.shtml). Most of the
videos in the class are fairly brief and complement the foregoing tools.
• Obtain as in
individual--or for your study or recovery group, or for your church--at a big
discount, the 29-volume "Dick B. A.A. History and Christian Recovery
Reference Set." (http://www.dickb.com/index.html#Major_Christian_Recovery_Resource_2).
To read every line of every volume? Only a select few would pursue that
objective. To study the volumes one-by-one? Some may do that. To keep on hand
so that you can consult the appropriate volume for documented facts on the
various topics you or your group want to know more about? Now we're talking!
How can you use "The Dick B. A.A. History and Christian
Recovery Reference Set?" Here are some ways: (1) If you want to know the
content of, and how to study, the three sections of the Bible early AAs
especially emphasized-Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7), 1
Corinthians 13, and the Book of James-use The James Club and the Original A.A.
Program's Absolute Essentials. (2) If you want to benefits from the roots of
the Eleventh Step, "prayer and meditation," and Quiet Time, use Good
Morning!: Quiet Time, Morning Watch,
Mediation, and Early A.A. (3) If you want to know how the Oxford Group really
did influence Bill Wilson and the Big Book's program, use The Oxford Group
& Alcoholics Anonymous. (4) If you would like to know exactly what Rev. Sam
Shoemaker taught Bill W. that made Bill call him a "cofounder" of
A.A. and the well-spring of the Twelve Step ideas, use New Light on Alcoholism:
God, Sam Shoemaker, and A.A.
• Become an
informed leader for life so that you can easily pass on researched principles,
practices, and biblical ideas that were and are the foundation for a prosperous
and healthy life as a recovered and saved formerly suffering drunk or addict.
To begin benefitting from the Christian Recovery resources
discussed above, please click on the links provided. Or, for more information,
please contact:
Dick B., PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837
www.DickB.com
Email: DickB@DickB.com
Tel.: 1-808-874-4876
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