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


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Links:
TrinityAberdeen.org.uk
Trinity Church Aberdeen on YouTube
Living Life Backward by David Gibson
Remaking the World by Andrew Wilson
The Air We Breathe by Glen Scrivener
The Pastor by Eugene H. Peterson
The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch

Topics:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:27) David’s background and career
(00:05:32) Christianity in the Europe/UK vs. the United States
(00:11:56) Making sense of the Gospel and Coming to Christ
(00:15:24) The Christian environment in Ireland
(00:20:20) Buying a church
(00:25:02) How to help David 
(00:28:17) The book of Ecclesiastes 
(00:42:09) The value of embracing death
(00:54:18) How to NOT become the messiah
(00:54:18) Introducing your kids to Ecclesiastes 

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