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Systems, Virtue & the Body of Christ
What if the church is trapped in the same invisible loop as an addict — and doesn't know it?
What does addiction science have to do with the body of Christ? More than you'd think. In this follow-up conversation, Dr. James Spencer and Dr. Ashish Varma build on their interview with Dr. David Van Dyke (Wheaton College Marriage & Family Therapy) to explore how systems thinking unlocks a deeper understanding of church health, Christian formation, and why faithful people keep repeating the same destructive patterns.
Drawing on Kent Dunnington's groundbreaking work Virtue and Addiction, the…
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