Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness

By Edward T. Welch

Best-selling author Edward T. Welch delivers a clear picture of gospel hope in Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness for those who struggle. In this life-changing guide, Welch shares biblical wisdom and examines how the rich treasures of the gospel apply to our everyday lives in the midst of suffering and depression.

The peace, comfort, and hope of Christ are laid out in front of the reader instead of "cure-all" formulas—offering a compassionate perspective on the complex nature of depression. With biblical understanding, Welch moves past the mere symptoms of depression and shines the light of Christ on every page.

Through his own personal empathy and long counseling experiences, Welch addresses one of the most common issues people face today. Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness provides practical help for a particular kind of suffering, cultivating compassion generated by the love of Jesus. This is a must-have resource of anyone suffering with depression or walking alongside someone suffering with depression.

• Language: English
• Publisher: New Growth Press
• Release date: Oct 3, 2011
• ISBN: 9781935273882

Edward T. Welch

Edward T. Welch (PhD, University of Utah) is a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. He has been counseling for more than 35 years and has written extensively on the topics of depression, fear, and addictions. His books include When People Are Big and God Is Small, Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away From Addiction, Running Scared: Fear, Worry and the God of Rest, Shame Interrupted, and Side by Side. He blogs regularly at CCEF.org.

Reviews for Depression

[leandrod-2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An useful primer on how to deal with depression, taking into due account both the Biblical (as dominating perspective) and psychological (as in tools and contemporary vocabulary) sources.

[eclecticdodo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A very good book about depression from the Christian perspective. It starts with the best explanation of how depression feels that I have ever read - highly recommended to those seeking to support friends and family for that part alone. Next we consider depression as a form of suffering, and therefore what the Bible has to say about it. Finally the reader is encouraged to "listen to" their depression on various issues such as fear, anger and guilt. As the author states, it's not that these issues are necessarily the cause of your depression, but they are revealed by it, and tackling them will make depression easier to fight against. Finally there is a call to find hope and joy even in the midst of suffering. I'm not sure how I would find this book in the deepest depths of depression, but for me right now, it's just what I need.