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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Review 87: Spiritual Depression (Martin Lloyd Jones)

Applies the gospel gracefully to depression. Shows how the key themes of the gospel are really what we need to hear again and again. However, too little recogniton of the fall and its abiding conseqences, ie. Lloyd-Jones sees no legitimate place for depression. This book is shallow in places as a result, and might leave some feeling guilty. Also, this doesn't have the same practical power of Spurgeon on this subject. In terms of pastorally dealing with the depressed, Timothy Rogers "Trouble of Mind and the Disease of Melancholy" is far superior. Still, this is a good intro to spiritual depression, and would be very profitable if read alongside Rogers and Spurgeon. (Note: if you want to read what Spurgeon has to say here you'll have to look through his sermons). Note: when referring to Christians I think we should abandon the word 'depression' for a more biblical word like 'downcast.

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