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In the first two chapters, Paul relates his own experience of dealing with an anxiety disorder, as well as sharing the (anonymous) stories of other Christians who’ve experienced something similar, before outlining the way that psychology and medicine have developed in their thinking about anxiety.

Chapter three launches the heart of the book: an in-depth consideration of how the Bible forms and addresses our understanding of anxiety. This includes personal teaching and wisdom for those dealing with a disorder for themselves, as well as focused advice for those caring for someone with anxiety.

Throughout the book, Paul shows how the gospel addresses the pain and difficulty of anxiety. For example,what is the relationship between anxiety and sin, and how does the gospel address this relationship? How does the gospel offer hope in the face of this type of suffering?

Title

When The Noise Won't Stop
Author(s)

Paul Grimmond
ISBN

9781922206558
Format

Paperback
Publisher

Matthias Media
Topic

Anxiety & Mental Health
Audience

Adults
Pages

216
Published

01/07/2022

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A rich resource for anyone dealing with anxiety issues

Few Christians live lives fully free of any anxiety. How to handle anxiety in a biblical and God-honouring way is challenging, but this wide-ranging book offers considerable help. Paul Grimmond is the Dean of Students at Moore Theological College, Sydney, and has extensive experience in pastoral ministry. Since he wrestles with these issues in his own life, he is also able to empathise with sufferers. He notes at the outset that a number of factors, physical, mental and spiritual contribute to struggles with anxiety and so he offers no simple one-step solution. At the outset Grimmond makes a significant point: although we generally view anxiety as a negative experience, the biblical perspective is that whilst it can certainly be a negative, anxiety can also be God’s provision for his people. There are things of which we should properly be fearful and there are matters that should cause us anxiety. From 1 Corinthians 7, for example, he demonstrates it is right to be ‘anxious about the things of the Lord’. What we need is discernment regarding the objects of our anxiety and our appropriate responses. The author then considers issues such as our fallenness (which influences mind and body), how sin contributes to anxiety and how as God’s children we are do deal with sin, the place of fellowship and friendship in addressing anxiety, and the need to minister wisely to our bodies (food, exercise, sleep, and so forth) and to engage with our environment in a healthy way. The place of prayer is emphasised, and advice is given to those who care for the anxious. Whilst every case is subtly different, When the Noise Won’t Stop offers a rich resource for anyone dealing with anxiety issues for themselves or others and will enable attentive readers to live more fruitfully for the Lord even through their anxious times.

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