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Title: Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones ISBN: 0-8028-1387-9 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: December, 1965 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must-Read for Christians on Their Spiritual Journey
Comment: Every one of the twenty-one chapters of this work contains solid, biblical teaching on finding fulfillment in God. His purpose for our lives is not to be downcast and depressed, but to experience joy in Him. I can't tell you how much I have gained from reading this book. Lloyd-Jones very capably describes the freedoms that are ours in the Christian life when we think and act biblically. Don't miss this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Invaluable Collection
Comment: This collection of Lloyd-Jones sermons should be a resource on every Christian's shelf. He so planely and effectively describes the various pitfalls and snares that hinder our Christian walk that one nearly feels ashamed of not recognizing them one's self. It is simply Lloyd-Jones God-given gift of putting the hay where the flock can reach it.
I agree with another reviewer that the title(Spiritual Depression) may put some off, still its subtitle says it all--"Its Causes and Its Cure." From the beginning chapter, where Lloyd-Jones asserts that, "the ultimate cause of all spiritual depression is unbelief" (20), he continues to draw the reader back to that same cure--belief.
A man asking for a miracle once told Jesus, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Here, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones helps us to overcome our unbelief.
Rating: 4
Summary: The very definition of "Christian Counseling"
Comment: Although D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones's "Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Its Cure" is nearly forty years old, the truth it speaks to a generation lost amid a plethora of pop-psychology books is timeless. Jones, long the pastor of Westminster Chapel, gives readers the benefit of his many years of preaching and counseling, paving the way for the lost to find their way home.
Psychology and Christianity have two dichotomous worldviews that cannot be shoehorned into each no matter how hard anyone tries. Psychology attempts to bolster the inner self, while Christianity says that the inner self is so hopelessly corrupt that it must be replaced with something entirely new. To this end Jones points out that all depression has its root in sin and works from that point to lead readers into an understanding that only in Christ can release from the bondage of self come.
In the pages of this work, we find Jones addressing the following issues that many who are downcast find themselves afflicted by:
* Lack of a foundation in Christ
* Lack of clarity
* Poor spiritual balance between the mind, heart, and will
* Inability to receive forgiveness for all their sins
* Inability to move beyond past failures
* Fear of the future
* Placing too much confidence in emotions
* Faulty love of oneself and a general contempt for others
* Lack of faith
* Seeing only bad and not good
* Bondage to dead legalism
* Failing to recognize false teachings
* Weariness
* Lack of discipline
* Failure to handle trials appropriately
* Failure to respond correctly to chastening
* Bitterness
Jones does a marvelous job of breaking down each of these traits found in those in the doldrums and sheds the light of Scripture on each as he takes a solely Christian look at the root of these problems and how to deal with them biblically. Best of all, at no time does he attempt to mix in solutions from pop-psychology in order to achieve wholeness. His answers are more real and more true to the heart of the depressed. Anyone who feels downtrodden will take enormous comfort in the gentle, but firm words here.
While the advice here is timeless, the book does suffer slightly from having an older writing style that contrasts with the flow of more modern works. Those who have not read anything older than twenty years will find some of Jones's writing techniques to be quaint and very British, but if you have read any works by his contemporary, C.S. Lewis, you will be familiar with the style of British writers of that day and will find nothing daunting in Jones.
In the end, as a counteracting work to the psychobabble so pronounced today, "Spiritual Depression" is without peer and I heartily encourage anyone who is looking for true Christian counsel to read this book - Jones's words are a life-giving balm for weary souls. Few books of this type exist today and better words have never been written on this subject.
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Title: Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Martyn Lloyd-Jones ISBN: 080280036X Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: June, 1984 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: The Cross: God's Way of Salvation by Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Christopher Catherwood ISBN: 0891073825 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: March, 1986 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Authentic Christianity (Lloyd-Jones, David Martyn. Studies in the Book of Acts, V. 1.) by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Martyn Lloyd-Jones ISBN: 1581340362 Publisher: Crossway Books Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: God's Way, Not Ours: Isaiah 1 by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Martyn D. Lloyd-Jones ISBN: 080105995X Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Path to True Happiness: John 2 by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Martyn D. Lloyd-Jones ISBN: 080105978X Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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