When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God—and Joy

Publisher: Crossway/Good News Publishers
Author: Piper, John
ISBN-10: 1581348762 | ISBN-13: 9781581348767
Binding: Paperback
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Publisher Description: Even the most faithful, focused Christians can encounter periods of depression and spiritual darkness when joy seems to stay just out of reach. It can happen because of sin, satanic assault, distressing circumstances, or hereditary and other physical causes. In When the Darkness Will Not Lift, John Piper aims to give some comfort and guidance to those experiencing spiritual darkness.

Readers will gain insight into the physical side of depression and spiritual darkness, what it means to wait on the Lord in a time of darkness, how unconfessed sin can clog our joy, and how to minister to others who are living without light. Piper uses real-life examples and sensitive narrative to show readers abundant reason to hope that God will pull them out of the pit of despair and into the light once again.

Staff Review: There are many books that go into a great more detail than When the Darkness Will Not Lift about methods of dealing with depression, but few will equal the pastoral touch brought to this difficult subject by John Piper. This book will serve as an encouragement not only to those suffering their own loss of joy—and who among us has not at some time—but especially for those who try to care for such a one. As always, Piper does not settle for easy answers or quick formulas. However, he is unflinching in pointing us always God-ward, with God as revealed in Christ as the only satisfaction to our deepest longings and needs. - Mark Traphagen, Westminster Bookstore Staff, January 2007

Because of the brevity of this work, those seriously engaging this topic will want to dig deeper. Books specifically recommended by Piper in When the Darkness Will Not Lift include:

The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes
Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures by Martin Lloyd-Jones
When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy by John Piper
Future Grace by John Piper
Blame It on the Brain: Distinguishing Chemical Imbalances, Brain Disorders, and Disobedience by Edward T. Welch
Tell the Truth: The Whole Gospel to the Whole Person by Whole People by Will Metzger

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