Light on the Fringe: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression
I read this manuscript on a day when I felt troubling thoughts tugging at my heart. I found challenge, clarity, concrete hope and, best of all, some moments of Aha! That's what's going on. Teens and adults, women and men, husbands and wives, sons and daughters, moms and dads - all can be helped by the God-honoring view of depression contained in these pages. Elisa Morgan CEO, MOPS International, Publisher, FullFill --Endorsements of the bookKnowing Gary Lovejoy and Greg Knopf, I expected their book to be filled with deep psychological and medical wisdom back by years of clinical experience. I was not disappointed! But I hadn't quite expected the depth and breadth of biblical and theological insights. Now I don't know how to categorize the book. Is a fine theology text, an excellent commentary on the whole Bible or the best Christian book on depression I've ever read? Perhaps all of the above! Gerry Breshears, Ph.D. Professor of Theology, Western Seminary, Portland, OR Co-author Vintage Jesus, Death by Love, Vintage Church, Doctrine --Endorsement of the bookMy friends Gary Lovejoy and Greg Knopf have written a fresh and insightful book on a vitally important subject. They view depression as an alarm system that alerts us to issues we should address, as interdependent people who need God and each other. Having finished "Light on the Fringe: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression", I am left appreciating their handling of true and false guilt, the need for authenticity, how depression has been stereotyped, and their thoughtful depiction of biblical characters who faced depression. I found this book warm, helpful, biblically solid, and full of hope. Randy Alcorn Author of Heaven, The Treasure Principle, and Deception --Endorsement of the bookMy friends Gary Lovejoy and Greg Knopf have written a fresh and insightful book on a vitally important subject. They view depression as an alarm system that alerts us to issues we should address, as interdependent people who need God and each other. Having finished Light on the Fringe: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression, I am left appreciating their handling of true and false guilt, the need for authenticity, how depression has been stereotyped, and their thoughtful depiction of biblical characters who faced depression. I found this book warm, helpful, biblically solid, and full of hope.   Randy Alcorn  Author of Heaven, The Treasure Principle, and Deception --Endorsement of the bookKnowing Gary Lovejoy and Greg Knopf, I expected their book to be filled with deep psychological and medical wisdom back by years of clinical experience. I was not disappointed! But I hadn't quite expected the depth and breadth of biblical and theological insights. Now I don't know how to categorize the book. Is it a fine theology text, an excellent commentary on the whole Bible or the best Christian book on depression I've ever read? Perhaps all of the above!  Gerry Breshears, Ph.D.  Professor of Theology, Western Seminary, Portland, OR --Endorsement of the book