Spurgeon's sorrows : realistic hope for those who suffer from depression /
Eswine, Zack, 1969-
Spurgeon's sorrows : realistic hope for those who suffer from depression / [print] Realistic hope for those who suffer from depression Zack Eswine. - Ross-shire, Scotland : Christian Focus Publications Limited, (c)2015. - 143 pages ; 20 cm
"Printed in 2014, reprinted 2015 by Christian Focus Publications Ltd."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part one : Trying to understand depression. The road to sorrow -- Depression and our circumstances -- The disease of melancholy -- Spiritual depression -- Part two : Learning how to help those who suffer from depression. Diagnosis doesn't cure -- A language for our sorrows -- Helps that harm -- Jesus and depression -- Part three : Learning helps to daily cope with depression. Promises and prayers -- Natural helps -- Suicide and choosing life -- The benefits of sorrow.
This book provides a reflection on Spurgeon's struggles, help to understand and support those with depression, and explains how Jesus can bring light to the darkness. Christians should have the answers, shouldn't they? Depression affects many people both personally and through the ones we love. Here Zack Eswine draws from C.H Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers' experience to encourage us. What Spurgeon found in his darkness can serve as a light in our own darkness. Zack Eskwine brings you here, not a self-help guide, rather "a handwritten note of one who wishes you well."--Publisher.
9781781915387
Spurgeon, C. H. 1834-1892.
Depression, Mental--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Depression, Mental--Biblical teaching.
BV4910.E82.S687 2015 BV4910
Spurgeon's sorrows : realistic hope for those who suffer from depression / [print] Realistic hope for those who suffer from depression Zack Eswine. - Ross-shire, Scotland : Christian Focus Publications Limited, (c)2015. - 143 pages ; 20 cm
"Printed in 2014, reprinted 2015 by Christian Focus Publications Ltd."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part one : Trying to understand depression. The road to sorrow -- Depression and our circumstances -- The disease of melancholy -- Spiritual depression -- Part two : Learning how to help those who suffer from depression. Diagnosis doesn't cure -- A language for our sorrows -- Helps that harm -- Jesus and depression -- Part three : Learning helps to daily cope with depression. Promises and prayers -- Natural helps -- Suicide and choosing life -- The benefits of sorrow.
This book provides a reflection on Spurgeon's struggles, help to understand and support those with depression, and explains how Jesus can bring light to the darkness. Christians should have the answers, shouldn't they? Depression affects many people both personally and through the ones we love. Here Zack Eswine draws from C.H Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers' experience to encourage us. What Spurgeon found in his darkness can serve as a light in our own darkness. Zack Eskwine brings you here, not a self-help guide, rather "a handwritten note of one who wishes you well."--Publisher.
9781781915387
Spurgeon, C. H. 1834-1892.
Depression, Mental--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Depression, Mental--Biblical teaching.
BV4910.E82.S687 2015 BV4910