{"id":3200,"date":"2012-03-22T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T18:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2012-03-22T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T18:21:08","slug":"resources-for-depression-and-spiritual-desertion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/resources-for-depression-and-spiritual-desertion\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Depression and Spiritual Desertion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=3170\">published a blog<\/a> in follow up to Ryan&#8217;s sermon, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_18_2012.php\">Why <em>Are<\/em> You Downcast? Unpacking Depression<\/a>.&#8221; That post included a number of Scriptures, quotes, and reflections on the subject of depression and spiritual desertion specifically.<\/p>\n<p>In this post we&#8217;re including links to a number of the more helpful books and articles on the subject of depression and spiritual desertion. Of course, a great first-stop in exploring this matter is Ryan&#8217;s three-session <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Seminar:Depression\/\">Saturday Seminar on Depression<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0conducted several years ago here at DSC. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_11_2006_c.php\">third session<\/a> was about spiritual desertion specifically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources about Depression in General<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blame-Brain-Distinguishing-Imbalances-Disobedience\/dp\/0875526020\/desesprichur-20\">Blame It on the Brain?: Distinguishing Chemical Imbalances, Brain Disorders, and Disobedience<\/a><\/em>, Ed Welch<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bruised-Reed-Richard-Sibbes\/dp\/1619491591\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332430161&amp;sr=1-1\/desesprichur-20\">The Bruised Reed<\/a><\/em>, Richard Sibbes<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spiritual-Depression-Its-Causes-Cure\/dp\/0802813879\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332430213&amp;sr=1-1\/desesprichur-20\">Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure<\/a><\/em>, Martin Lloyd-Jones<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Deserted-God-Sinclair-B-Ferguson\/dp\/0851516912\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332430263&amp;sr=1-1\/desesprichur-20\">Deserted by God?<\/a><\/em>, Sinclair Ferguson<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-Dont-Desire-God-Fight\/dp\/1581346522\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332430315&amp;sr=8-1\/desesprichur-20\">When I Don&#8217;t Desire God: How to Fight For Joy<\/a><\/em>, John Piper<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Depression-Looking-Up-Stubborn-Darkness\/dp\/1935273876\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332430372&amp;sr=1-1\/desesprichur-20\">Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness<\/a><\/em>, Ed Welch<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/resource-library\/sermons\/spiritual-depression-in-the-psalms\">Spiritual Depression in the\u00c2\u00a0Psalms<\/a>,&#8221; John Piper<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/randyalcorn.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/depression-gratitude-and-charles-haddon.html\">Depression, Gratitude and Charles Haddon Spurgeon<\/a>,&#8221; Randy Alcorn<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-highway.com\/articleSept99.html\">The Minister&#8217;s Fainting Fits<\/a>,&#8221; Charles Haddon Spurgeon<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Spiritual Depression&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/thabitianyabwile\/2011\/08\/27\/spiritual-depression-its-causes-and-cures-1\/\">Part 1<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/thabitianyabwile\/2011\/08\/30\/spiritual-depression-2\/\">Part 2<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/thabitianyabwile\/2011\/08\/31\/spiritual-depression-3\/\">Part 3<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/thabitianyabwile\/2011\/09\/05\/spiritual-depression-4-seeing-clearly\/\">Part 4<\/a>), Thabiti Anyabwile<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/resource-library\/biographies\/lessons-from-an-inconsolable-soul\">Lessons from an Inconsolable\u00c2\u00a0Soul:\u00c2\u00a0Learning from the Mind and Heart of C. 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Lewis<\/a>,&#8221; John Piper<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/resource-library\/biographies\/charles-spurgeon-preaching-through-adversity\">Charles Spurgeon: Preaching Through\u00c2\u00a0Adversity<\/a>,&#8221; John Piper<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/resource-library\/biographies\/insanity-and-spiritual-songs-in-the-soul-of-a-saint\">Insanity and Spiritual Songs in the Soul of a\u00c2\u00a0Saint:\u00c2\u00a0Reflections on the Life of William Cowper<\/a>,&#8221; John Piper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources about Spiritual Desertion<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Case-Cure-Deserted-Soul-Concerning\/dp\/1573580252\/desesprichur-20\">The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul: Or a Treatise Concerning the Nature, Kinds, Degrees, Symptoms, Causes, Cures Of, and Mistakes About Spiritual Desertions<\/a><\/em>, Joseph Symonds<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Puritain in Private,&#8221; in\u00c2\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Genius-Puritanism-Peter-Lewis\/dp\/1573580317\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332432007&amp;sr=1-1\/desesprichur-20\">The Genius of Puritanism<\/a><\/em>, Peter Lewis<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lifting-Up-Downcast-Puritan-Paperbacks\/dp\/0851512984\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332432076&amp;sr=1-1\/desesprichur-20\">A Lifting Up for the Downcast<\/a><\/em>, William Bridge<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spiritual-Desertion-Classics-Reformed-Spirituality\/dp\/0801026466\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332432107&amp;sr=1-1\/desesprichur-20\">Spiritual Desertion<\/a><\/em>, Gisbertus Voetius<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dejected-Souls-Cure-Christopher-Love\/dp\/1573581127\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332432142&amp;sr=1-1\/desesprichur-20\">The Dejected Soul&#8217;s Cure<\/a><\/em>,\u00c2\u00a0Christopher Love<\/li>\n<li><em>The Soul&#8217;s Conflict With Itself and Victory Over Itself by Faith<\/em>, in\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monergismbooks.com\/Works-of-Richard-Sibbes-7-Volume-Set-p-16177.html\">The Works of Richard Sibbes<\/a>, Vol 1<\/li>\n<li><em>Discouragement&#8217;s Recovery<\/em>, in\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monergismbooks.com\/Works-of-Richard-Sibbes-7-Volume-Set-p-16177.html\">The Works of Richard Sibbes<\/a>, Vol 7<\/li>\n<li><em>A Child of Light Walling in Darkness<\/em>, in\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritagebooks.org\/products\/The-Works-of-Thomas-Goodwin,-12-volumes.html\">The Works of Thomas Goodwin<\/a>, Vol 3<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apuritansmind.com\/the-christian-walk\/the-tract-series\/does-god-ever-desert-his-people-by-dr-c-matthew-mcmahon\/\">Desertion: Does God Ever Desert His People?<\/a>,&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0C. Matthew McMahon<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/theresurgence.com\/files\/pdf\/joel_beeke_1996-04_puritans_living_in_relationship_to_afflic.pdf\">Puritans Living in Relationship to Affliction, Desertion, and\u00c2\u00a0Sin<\/a>,&#8221; Joel R. Beeke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week we published a blog in follow up to Ryan&#8217;s sermon, &#8220;Why Are You Downcast? Unpacking&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/resources-for-depression-and-spiritual-desertion\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3205,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions\/3205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}