“What the Lord expects from us at such seasons is not to abandon ourselves to unreasoning sorrow, but trustingly to look sorrow in the face, to scan its features, to search for the help and hope, which, as surely as God is our Father, must be there. In such trials there can be no comfort for us so long as we stand outside weeping. If only we will take the courage to fix our gaze deliberately upon the stern countenance of grief, and enter unafraid into the darkest recesses of our trouble, we shall find the terror gone, because the Lord has been there before us, and, coming out again, has left the place transfigured, making of it by the grace of his resurrection a house of life, the very gate of heaven.”
- Geerhardus Vos
| Title |
Notes |
The Certainty of Death: Grieving and the Christian  |
W. Robert Godfrey |
| Keeping the Heart |
John Flavel |
| Encouragement for the Depressed |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Comfort for the Desponding |
Charles Spurgeon |
| Devotions for Those Who Grieve |
Charles Spurgeon |
| The Night Watches |
John MacDuff |
| The First Bereavement |
John McDuff |
| More Writings |
John McDuff |
| REVIVAL: The Depression and Revivification of Spiritual Life |
Octavius Winslow |
| Comforting Thoughts of Heaven |
Octavius Winslow |
| Go and Tell Jesus |
Octavius Winslow |
| Bereavement, The Submission and Solace of Spiritual Life |
Octavius Winslow |
| The Mission of Sorrow |
Gardiner Spring |
| A BOOK FOR THE BEREAVED |
John MacDuff, 1883 |
| Christ in the Psalms |
Henry Law |
| Comfort for Mourners |
Henry Law |
| Behold Your God: Sustaining Principles Amid Dark Providences |
Dean Allen |
| John Piper's Sermons on Suffering |
Dozens of Sermons/Essays on Suffering @desiringgod ministries |
| Help For Those Who Grieve |
Greg and Nan Wright - Helpful Resources for Depression and Suffering Extenisve! |
| Forum for Those Who Grieve |
Sole Survivors |
| The Hope Within Us: Bringing Comfort to the Bereaved |
Nan Wright |
| Illness and a Lifeview |
Bob Smith 1. Illness in general seen from the perspective of a biblical world and life view. 2. Depression (as a specific example of an illness) 3. Symptoms |
| Trusting God Even When We Don't Understand |
Pastor Bob Gonzales Jr., |
| A Letter Out of Grief: A Short Letter from a Puritan Pastor After the Deaths of All Three of His Children |
Samuel Danforth |
| Counseling the Grieving |
Rev. Charles Terpstra |
| The Cure of Melancholy and Overmuch Sorrow, by Faith |
Richard Baxter |
| Directions for Grief at the Death of Friends |
Richard Baxter |
| What to Do When you get Depressed |
Jay Adams |
| The Crisis of Elijah (1 Kings 19:4-14) |
J. Hampton Keathley III, Th.M. |
| The War Within (Romans 7:14-25) |
Bob Deffinbaugh |
| The Darkest Days of David’s Life (2 Samuel 16:20 -- 19:8) |
Bob Deffinbaugh, Th.M |
| The True Source of Joy (Luke 10:17-24) |
Bob Deffinbaugh |
| What is that Good that All Things shall Work For? |
Ralph Erskine |
| Intimacy with God |
from Horatius Bonar's Follow the Lamb |
| Paul's Impact on Grief and Suffering, and Emotional Wounds in Psychology |
Joan Synder |
| "Present Sufferings Weighed with Future Glory" |
Rev. Carl Haak |
| No Reason for Discouragements |
William Bridge |
| Hope For Those Who Suffer ! |
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| In Affliction and Trial |
Andrew Murray |
| What should a Christian do if overwhelmed with depression? |
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| Dealing with Depression |
JJ Lim |
| A Letter Out of Grief |
Samuel Danforth |
| The Bow in the Cloud |
John R. MacDuff - For those who grieve, start here! -designed specifically to comfort the grieving Christian. |
| The Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod |
Thomas Brooks |
| The Rainbow in the Clouds |
John MacDuff |
| Letter to a Bereaved Woman |
Thomas Brooks |
| Leaves of Healing from the Garden of Grief |
Newman Hall, 1891 - It expresses the thoughts and prayers of many years, and is published with devout desire to minister consolation to some of the afflicted children of God. |
| A Grief Observed (.pdf) |
R.C. Sproul |
| Sin, Death, and Grief (.pdf) |
Burk Parsons |
| Mourn with Those Who Mourn (.pdf) |
Archie Parrish |
| From Grief to Glory (.pdf) |
Jim Coffield |
| True Shepherding (.pdf) |
Joel R. Beeke |
| To a Wayward Soul |
Robert Murray M’Cheyne |
| The Blessed Mourners |
Brian Schwertley |
| A Word in Season to Suffering Saints |
Thomas Brooks, London, 1675 |
| A Basket of Summer Fruit |
Susannah Spurgeon (written after the death of her husband) |
| Good Grief - How Depression is a Blessing in Disguise |
James Winsor |
| Grief: Finding Hope Again |
Paul David Tripp |
| A Look at Depression Through the Lens of Scripture |
Gary Gilley |
| The Solution to a Troubled Heart |
John MacArthur |
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
A Lifting Up For The Downcast