Welcome to a new episode of the Front Pew! Thanks for listening. Winston Churchill often referred to his depression as a black dog that followed him around. How do we as pastors deal with our own depression? Sadly, we have heard too many stories in the last couple of years of pastor's taking their own lives, burning out, or leaving the ministry due to depression, melancholy and sorrow. 

So, let's talk about this black dog. Some resources mentioned in this episode:

Depression: A Stubborn Darkness by Ed Welch

A Lifting up for the Downcast by William Bridge

Spurgeon's Sorrows by Zack Eswine

Christians Get Depressed Too by David Murray

Spiritual Depression by Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Gospel Wakefulness by Jared Wilson (chapter 8, "Depression")

Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon (chapter 11, "The Minister's Fainting Fits")

 

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