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How To Be A Miserable Comforter Series
Contributed by Jason Smith on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: How can we help someone who has Depression? This lesson answers this question by examining Job's interactions with his miserable comforters.
Endnotes:
Many of the thoughts of these lessons have come from books I have read and lessons I have listened to on dealing with depression Biblically. Some of these include:
• The Bible
• Depression: The Way Up When You Are Feeling Down, by Edward T. Welch
• Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness, by Edward T. Welch
• Counseling the Hard Cases, Edited by Stuart Scott and Heath Lambert
• The Biblical Counseling Manual, by Adam Pulaski
• Dealing with Depression, 2 Sermons by Casey Head
• Helping Those Suffering From Depression. Training Class. Taught by Dan Wickert. The Biblical Counseling Training Conference.
• Counseling Those Who Are Depressed. Edward T. Welch. The Journal of Biblical Counseling. Vol. 18.2 Winter 2000
• Christian Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Biblical Case of Counseling Analysis. Douglas K. Chung and Ling Xing
• What Do You Do When You Become Depressed. Jay E. Adams. Tract. Prpbooks.com.
See footnotes from prior lesson. I deal with the common belief that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain there.
See previous lesson where I discuss how sin does contribute to depression becoming stronger.
