Books by Scott Kraniak

Depression, Anxiety, and the Child of God is a book that has been long overdue. It is a book that takes the taboo out of being a Christian and suffering with emotional issues. All throughout the Bible, we see accounts of great people of God being afraid, depressed, panicking, even thinking suicidal thoughts. If the Bible speaks about these issues, why don’t we? Far too long the church has been silent and lacking the education to deal with these things. Today is a brave new world with new challenges that pastors and clergy from days gone by never had to deal with—the dismantling of the family unit, pornography, a sexually permissive, anti-Biblical and anti-moral society. The church has lost all of its significance and effectiveness. The church has no clout or relevande today letting the important ones fall to the wayside. We are a laughing stock to the world today, known only by our hatred of certain select peoples and pet peeve sins. Why aren’t we known for Christ’s love, his redemption available to all, and Christ’s high standard of moral excellence? No, we have become like the world and with it we have acquired the world’s problems, including depression and anxiety. This devotional and book set (sold separately) attempts to turn all of that on its side just as Christ turned this world upside down. We are due for a flip, and Pastor Scott hope to make that flip back to true Christianity through his life’s work put into this project.

S. R. Kraniak is the pastor of the Centereach Bible Church, a small church in Long Island, NY (www.cbctruth.com). He has been pastor there since 2006. Pastor Scott is 51 years old as of this writing and married for over 26 years to his best friend, Julie; they have three boys—Jacob, Aaron, and, their youngest, Luke—who were all home schooled. Pastor Scott, besides serving Jesus Christ and being a part of the hot rod ministry, also enjoys old Jeeps of which he mentions often in this book. His dream isto be able to travel the country and speak on depression and anxiety in the church today. Some might not like his hard-nosed approach to life, his way of treating depression and anxiety, his Gospel presentation, and doing what’s right, but that’s just how he is—old school preaching without being afraid to talk about sin and God’s justice as well as His love. His favorite authors are A. W. Tozer, Watchmen Nee, Dietrich Bonhoffer, David Wilkerson, and Ray Comfort plus many, many more old school preachers. Pastor Scott was raised a Roman Catholic, turned atheist, dabbled a short time in the occult, and even played drums in the heavy metal music scene of the 1980s before coming to know Jesus Christ as Lord.