While addiction is often called many things, the simple truth is that it is a spiritual problem. Addiction is simply demonic; a spirit of bondage that seeks to destroy those who are made in the image of God. Jesus, in the fifth chapter of Matthew, lays out a perfect 8 step program for complete recovery against this spiritual problem.

Jonathan Sargent is the Pastor of Lick Fork Pentecostal Church in West Liberty, Kentucky. Jonathan holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in Church History from Newburgh Theological Seminary, as well as a Doctorate in Theology and a PhD in Biblical Studies. He is one of the founders of the ARISE addiction recovery program.