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May 13, 2018 Philippians 1:12-18 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Boice, Philippians: An Expositional Commentary David Brooks, The Road to Character Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Craig Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive Elizabeth Kubler Ross, Death: The Final Stage of Growth Frank Thielman, Philippians: The NIV Application Commentary N.T. (Tom) Wright, Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary

May 6, 2018 Philippians 1:1-11 ESV James Boice, Philippians: An Expositional Commentary CBS News, “Many Americans are lonely, and Gen Z most of all, study finds” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Goodreads.com, Thomas Wolfe quotes Tara John, “How the World’s First Loneliness Minister Will Tackle ‘the Sad Reality of Modern Life,’” Time Magazine Craig Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive Vivek Murthy, “Work and the Loneliness Epidemic,” Harvard Business Review Richard Schwartz, Overcoming Loneliness in Everyday Life Frank Thielman, Philippians: The NIV Application Commentary N.T. (Tom) Wright, Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary

April 29, 2018 Ecclesiastes 12:9-14 ESV

April 22, 2018 Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:8 ESV

April 15, 2018 Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Cicero, How to Grow Old Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom David Gibson, Living Life Backward Timothy Keller, Making Sense of God Timothy Keller, Sermons on Ecclesiastes Nicholas Kristof, ‘Evangelicals Without Blowhards’ in The New York Times Jeff Myers, A Table in the Mist Tommy Nelson, A Life Well Lived John Piper, ‘Let’s Be Rich Toward God’ in desiringgod.org Philip Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters Juliet Schor, The Overspent American

April 8, 2018 Colossians 3:12-17 ESV

April 1, 2018 1 Peter 1:3-12 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible Billy Graham, TED Talk, ‘Technology and Faith’ IVP Bible Background Commentary Nicki Gostin in New York Daily News, ‘Legendary rocker Alice Cooper credits Jesus with curing him of alcoholism’ Timothy Keller, Sermons on 1 Peter Blaise Pascal, Pensees William Shakespeare, Macbeth Rick Stedman, 31 Reasons to Believe in God Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Life in the woods Scott Sauls, ‘Last year, self-loathing ruined my Easter—and I’m sort of glad it did’ Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

March 25, 2018 Ecclesiastes 8:10-17 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Amadeus, Film Cicero, How to Grow Old Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning David Gibson, Living Life Backward Timothy Keller, Making Sense of God Timothy Keller, Sermons on Ecclesiastes Jeff Myers, A Table in the Mist Tommy Nelson, A Life Well Lived Josiah Royce, The Philosophy of Loyalty Philip Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters The Wizard of Oz, Film

March 18, 2018 Ecclesiastes 7:8-14 ESV

March 11, 2018 Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together Cicero, How to Grow Old Leonard Cohen, Alleluia Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning David Gibson, Living Life Backward Christine Kearney, ‘Joshua Bell: Hailed by peers, ignored on the street,’ at reuters.com Timothy Keller, Making Sense of God Timothy Keller, Sermons on Ecclesiastes Jeff Myers, A Table in the Mist Tommy Nelson, A Life Well Lived Andrew Wilson, ‘xxx’ in Christianity Today Philip Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters Andrew Wilson, ‘The Strange Encouragement of the Church’s Appalling History’ in Christianity Today

March 4, 2018 Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 ESV

February 25, 2018 Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Cicero, How to Grow Old Andrew Delbanco, The Real American Dream Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning David Gibson, Living Life Backward Timothy Keller, Making Sense of God Timothy Keller, Sermons on Ecclesiastes Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People C.S. Lewis, ‘Encounter the Light’ C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis, Weight of Glory Jeff Myers, A Table in the Mist Tommy Nelson, A Life Well Lived Blaise Pascal, Pensees Jordan Peterson, 12 Rules for Life Philip Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters

February 18, 2018 Ecclesiastes 2:18-26 ESV

February 11, 2018 Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Cicero, How to Grow Old Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning David Gibson, Living Life Backward Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Aldous Huxley, ‘Ravens and Writing Desks,’ Vanity Fair 1928 Timothy Keller, Making Sense of God Timothy Keller, Sermons on Ecclesiastes Jeff Myers, A Table in the Mist Tommy Nelson, A Life Well Lived Frederick Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols Philip Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters Howard Thurman, A Strange Freedom Isaac Watts, ‘At the Cross,’ hymn Linda Woolverton et al, The Lion King

February 4, 2018 Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Albert Camus, The Fall Cicero, How to Grow Old Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning David Gibson, Living Life Backward Timothy Keller, Making Sense of God Timothy Keller, Sermons on Ecclesiastes Jean Larroux, sermon on Ecclesiastes, CPC Men’s ‘Porch Night’ C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory Jeff Myers, A Table in the Mist Tommy Nelson, A Life Well Lived The New York Times, ‘A New Measure of Well-Being from a Happy Little Kingdom’ Ray Ortlund, Jr., ‘Alive to God 3,’ Immanuel Nashville sermons Philip Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters Miroslav Volf, Flourishing David Foster Wallace, This is Water

January 28, 2018 Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Cicero, How to Grow Old Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning David Gibson, Living Life Backward The Humanist Manifestos of 1933, 1973, and 2003 The Indigo Girls, ‘Closer to Fine’ Timothy Keller, Sermons on Ecclesiastes Jeff Myers, A Table in the Mist Tommy Nelson, A Life Well Lived Plato, Phaedrus Philip Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot Francis Schaeffer, No Little People, No Little Places Matthew West, ‘More’ P. Wilson, The International Theory of Leonard Woolf

January 21, 2018 Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 ESV

January 14, 2018 Ecclesiastes 1:1-2; 12:13-14 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Albert Camus, The Fall Brandi Carlile, “The Eye” Cicero, How to Grow Old Debbie Downer, Saturday Night Life skit Leonard Cohen, “Anthem” Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning David Gibson, Living Life Backward Sanjay Gupta, “Bill Gates’ newest mission: curing Alzheimer’s” at CNN Timothy Keller, Sermons on Ecclesiastes C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Jeff Myers, A Table in the Mist Tommy Nelson, A Life Well Lived Philip Ryken, Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters Titanic (film) Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts

January 7, 2018 Mark 12:28-34 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Christ Presbyterian Church, ‘Dream for a Better Tomorrow’ Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Peggy Drexler, ‘Hugh Hefner’s Legacy has a Dark Side’ at CNN.com CS Lewis, The Four Loves Roc Morin, ‘How to Hire Fake Friends and Family’ in The Atlantic Geoff Thomas, as quoted at hereadstruth.com Time Magazine, ‘8 Types of Friends You Need in Your Life’ Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive Austin Ramzy and Dan Bilefsky, ‘Celebrities Remember Hugh Hefner for More Than Just the Articles’ in The New York Times NT Wright, For Everyone Commentaries

December 31, 2-17 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV