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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