Mark E. Shaw, D.Min., CABC, IABC, ACBC, CADAC II, is an ordained minister who has been involved in counseling since the early 90’s. He served in residential care and medication assisted treatment centers (methadone) for the addicted, but Biblical Counseling became his passion in 2001 as he pursued ACBC certification and seminary training to replace his secular "mixture" mindset toward why and how people change. Eager to see local churches all over the world understand the excellencies of the biblical worldview for counseling, he launched Truth in Love Ministries, bringing biblical counseling training to the local churches around him and around the world, having taught in 12 different countries on 5 continents.

With the publication of 26 books and booklets of hope and help, most notably The Heart of Addiction: A Biblical Perspective, Relapse: Biblical Prevention Strategies, and his new release in The Transformation Series, Fentanyl, he has reached many thousands with "the hope of the Gospel for the heart of addiction." He now serves as the Director of Counseling at Grace Fellowship Church, Florence, KY, and is the Founding President of The Addiction Connection, a network of biblically minded addiction ministry leaders who gather for training, resources, and encouragement as they reach the addicted with the hope of the gospel. Dr. Shaw’s resources are found at Focus Publishing for discounted purchase in bulk quantities, or at amazon.com/author/markeshaw