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Spiritual Depression

Its Causes and Cure · D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones · a chapter-by-chapter study guide

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Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure

Twenty-one sermons preached on consecutive Sunday mornings at Westminster Chapel, London, and first published by Eerdmans in 1965. Lloyd-Jones — a physician before he was a preacher — diagnoses the unhappy, joyless Christian with a doctor's eye and prescribes for each condition from Scripture. His conviction is that a depressed Church is a poor recommendation for the gospel, and that the joy of the early Christians was one of the most powerful reasons for its spread. The book has been continuously in print for six decades and was named by World magazine among the hundred most significant books of the millennium.

Author: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids
First published: 1965 · ISBN 0-8028-1387-9

  • 21 sermons
  • 300 pages in the book
  • 21 Scripture texts
  • 63 discussion questions
  • English

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This is a guide to the book, not a copy of it. Spiritual Depression remains in copyright, so its text is not reproduced here; what you will find for each sermon is the Scripture passage it expounds (King James Version), a short statement of the cause and cure it addresses, an original summary of the argument, its key points, the illustrations the preacher uses, related passages, and three questions for personal reflection or group discussion. Read the sermon in the book, then use the page here to review, discuss and apply it.

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    The 21 sermons

    1General Consideration
    Psalm 42:5, 11 · pp. 9–22    2The True Foundation
    Romans 3:28 · pp. 23–36    3Men as Trees, Walking
    Mark 8:22–26 · pp. 37–50    4Mind, Heart and Will
    Romans 6:17 · pp. 51–64    5That One Sin
    1 Timothy 1:16 · pp. 65–78    6Vain Regrets
    1 Corinthians 15:8–10 · pp. 79–92    7Fear of the Future
    2 Timothy 1:7 · pp. 93–106    8Feelings
    2 Timothy 1:6 · pp. 107–120    9Labourers in the Vineyard
    Matthew 20:1–16 · pp. 121–134    10Where Is Your Faith?
    Luke 8:22–25 · pp. 135–148    11Looking at the Waves
    Matthew 14:22–33 · pp. 149–162    12The Spirit of Bondage
    Romans 8:15–17 · pp. 163–176    13False Teaching
    Galatians 4:15 · pp. 177–190    14Weary in Well Doing
    Galatians 6:9 · pp. 191–204    15Discipline
    2 Peter 1:5–7 · pp. 205–218    16Trials
    1 Peter 1:6–7 · pp. 219–234    17Chastening
    Hebrews 12:5–11 · pp. 235–246    18In God's Gymnasium
    Hebrews 12:5–11 · pp. 247–260    19The Peace of God
    Philippians 4:6–7 · pp. 261–274    20Learning to Be Content
    Philippians 4:10–12 · pp. 275–288    21The Final Cure
    Philippians 4:13 · pp. 289–300
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