The Sermon on the Mount, the Twelve Steps, and the Royal Road

About the Book

In The Sermon on the Mount, the Twelve Steps, and the Royal Road, Dan Hazelwood presents a unique blend of early church Christianity and the twelve-step recovering program that explains how the Christian experience changed over the last four hundred years and how the twelve-step process reconnects a spiritually seeking person to a deeper Christ experience that many mainstream churches cannot duplicate. In preparation for this journey into studying the sermon, he takes the reader on a historical church odyssey and highlights significant philosophical, church, and secular events that not only affected Christian thought but also were significant in altering how current Christians view Christ. He also demonstrates why early Christians viewed Christ differently. By providing this background, he prepares the reader to study the sermon in a manner the early church did while simultaneously demonstrating why the twelve steps represent a reconnection to an almost lost and forgotten Christ experience. Complementing this journey is an exhaustive examination of biblical Greek so that the reader may gain a deeper understanding of the sermon in its original, majestic splendor. This challenging and thought-provoking book unlocks the deeper meanings of many biblical passages and greatly enhances a spiritual seeker’s walk.

About the Author

With over twenty-five years of continuous recovery, twenty years intense Bible study, Greek word study, and a passion for church history, Mr. Hazelwood combines his experience and knowledge into a format that explains why many recovering people have difficulty in forging a marriage between church and recovery. Mr. Hazelwood who lives in Indianapolis is semi-retired, married, has three adult children, and two grandchildren. He was fortunate enough to seek recovery from his addiction so that he could raise his children in a clean and sober home, as well as raise them in a Christian environment. He has been actively involved in both church and recovery since his initial days of recovery. In addition to Bible study, he is also a “Big Book” student, but is not a recovering fundamentalist, believing that truth and recovery have many sources. So grateful and dedicated to his recovery program is he that he still attends three recovery meetings per week, and delights in sharing his experience, strength, and hope with newcomers.