Abounding Hope: A Hope for Addiction Podcast

What does the Bible actually say about addiction—and is Scripture truly sufficient to address it? In this episode of Abounding Hope , Liz and Lara Kees unpack why 2 Peter 1:3-4 is the foundational passage behind the mission of Hope for Addiction. Together, they explore how culture often misunderstands addiction by focusing only on behavior, while Scripture speaks to the deeper issue of sinful desi...

In Part 2 of this conversation on addict behavior, Liz Beck and Lara Kees move beyond surface-level explanations and examine what Scripture says is happening beneath destructive patterns and choices. Are addictive behaviors truly unique to addicts, or are they revealing something common to all humanity? Using passages like James 1:14–15, this episode explores how desires, temptations, and heart mo...

What do people mean when they talk about “addict behavior”? Why do addiction struggles often seem irrational, chaotic, and out of control? And does that mean addiction should be understood as a disorder? In this episode of Abounding Hope, Liz Beck and Lara Kees walk through many of the behaviors commonly associated with addiction: deception, blame-shifting, self-centeredness, lack of self-control,...

Structure, Accountability, and Gospel Restoration Building a Practical Plan for Early Recovery, Part 3 Understanding the importance of structure is one thing, knowing how to implement it is another. In this episode, we walk through a practical example of what accountability and structured discipleship can look like for someone in early recovery. Drawing from Hope for Addiction’s 90-Day Early Recov...

Structure, Accountability, and Gospel Restoration Order, Disorder, and the Image of God, Part 2 Structure and accountability are often viewed as restrictive, but Scripture reveals something very different. God Himself is a God of order, and human beings, created in His image, were designed to live in ways that reflect that order. In this episode, we explore the biblical foundation for structure an...

Structure, Accountability, and Gospel Restoration Why Chaos Hinders Growth, Part 1 Many people struggling with addiction have spent years living in chaos—making impulsive decisions, reacting to immediate pressures, and simply trying to survive. Over time, this kind of living affects far more than outward behavior. It shapes how someone thinks, how they relate to others, how they live and even thei...

How does God take one family’s suffering and use it to serve many? In this final episode with Steve and Marian Tong, we reflect on the impact of their care and the faithful love of our church as the foundation for what would become Hope for Addiction. Thirteen years later, what started with a small group loving a broken family has grown into a ministry equipping churches and walking alongside coun...

In Part 2 of Liz's conversation with Steve and Marian Tong, we move deeper into the difficulties — the chaos, the setbacks, the weariness, and the stretching that comes when you walk closely with someone battling addiction. This episode gets honest. We talk about how God used loving the Beck family to bring more compassion and more trust in Jesus as the Tongs stepped into places they did not f...

What does it look like when the church actually lives their care? In this first episode of Abounding Hope, Liz sits down with Steve and Marian Tong to revisit where it all began — when they met our family and stepped into our messy, complicated world. We talk about ordinary faithfulness: shared meals, fellowship, laughter, seeing into the depths of suffering and showing up again and again, learnin...

Abounding Hope is a podcast by Hope for Addiction , created to equip the local church and everyday believers to think biblically about addiction and walk faithfully alongside those who are struggling. God’s Word speaks to every hurt, every hardship and every broken place. Each episode connects Scripture to the realities of addiction, suffering and restoration, offering gospel-rooted hope, practica...