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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

Exploring the significance of small things in the Christian faith, the humble life and impact of Jesus, the enduring impact of his humble birth, the power of small acts driven by the Holy Spirit, and the future after the second advent of Christ.

December 17, 2017 Isaiah 9:1-7 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man C.S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms Ray Ortlund, Jr., Commentary on Isaiah Eugene Peterson, When Kingfishers Catch Fire Eugene Peterson, The Message

December 10, 2017 Luke 2:25-35 ESV

December 3, 2017 Romans 8:31-39 ESV PRIMARY SOURCES: James Montgomery Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace? Don Carson, Editor, The New Bible Commentary Christopher Catherwood, Five Leading Reformers ESV Greek Tools ESV Study Bible IVP Bible Background Commentary John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners Joni Eareckson Tada, ‘God Permits What He Hates’ at joniandfriends.org Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel, The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb? How Firm a Foundation, hymn Timothy Keller, Logos Sermon Archive Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Death: The Final Stage of Growth C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves Brennan Manning, A Memoir: All is Grace John Newton, Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder, hymn J.I. Packer, Concise Theology J.I. Packer, Knowing God The New City Catechism R.C. Sproul, What is Reformed Theology? John Stott, Commentary on Romans NT Wright, For Everyone Commentaries