David Gibson is the Minister of Trinity Church, in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he has lived for the last 19 years. David is passionate about reaching the city where he lives with the gospel, and the Trinity congregation is preparing to restore Aberdeen's largest church building (built in 1904) after decades of neglect. Most recently, he has published in academic and more popular contexts on the beauty of the Wisdom literature in everyday life: Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches us to Live in Light of the End.
On this episode, Chris and David discuss:
- Christianity in Europe/The UK vs. The United States
- Making sense of the Gospel and coming to Christ
- David's journey buying and restoring a church
- The book of Ecclesiastes
- The value of embracing death
- Introducing your kids to Ecclesiastes
Topics:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - David’s background and career
00:05:00 - Christianity in the Europe/UK vs. the United States
00:11:44 - Making sense of the Gospel & coming to Christ
00:15:25 - The Christian environment in Ireland
00:20:30 - Buying a church
00:25:28 - How to help David
00:28:25 - The book of Ecclesiastes
00:42:45 - The value of embracing death
00:56:14 - How to NOT become the messiah
01:00:41 - Introducing your kids to Ecclesiastes
Links:
TrinityAberdeen.org.uk - https://trinityaberdeen.org.uk/
Trinity Church Aberdeen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYimpheyGH9dqnAXbBp7Kkw
Living Life Backward by David Gibson - https://www.amazon.com/Living-Life-Backward-Ecclesiastes-Teaches/dp/1433556278/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=409986458804&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9027256&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=16813434892634819022&hvtargid=kwd-308718100475&hydadcr=22560_11319291&keywords=living+life+backward&qid=1698591390&sr=8-1
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