David Gibson
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Oct 7, 2026
Leo ElbornHOST
Any insights from that which helps?
Chris DeWittGUEST
Well, the thing that sits with me, and I was greatly helped by listening to other preachers and reading David Gibson's book and other commentaries, was the idea that life is not meaningless, according to Kohelet, to the preacher.
Chris DeWittGUEST
It is vanity.
Chris DeWittGUEST
So there's bits that you think are substantial that offer security, significance, and satisfaction.
Adam WeisnerGUEST
This is also vanity.
Adam WeisnerGUEST
When goods increase, they increase who eat them." [laughs] "And what advantage has their owner but to see them with his own eyes? Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep." The way I think about this, this is why I love, and I think you've, y- I know you've read the book, Living Life Backward by, by, uh, David Gibson.
Adam WeisnerGUEST
Um, all of Ecclesiastes is this reminder from the absolute, the first trillionaire.
Adam WeisnerGUEST
The-- you wanna talk about first trillionaire? It was Solomon.
Lia RossHOST
Mm.
Katie PolskiGUEST
Um, by David Gibson? I always forget his first-
Lia RossHOST
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Lia RossHOST
I think that's right
Tim SheppardGUEST
Even if we stand on Bethlehem's borders feeling empty, the hope walks with us.
Tim SheppardGUEST
Over Easter, I was reading this excellent book, uh, The Lord of Psalm 23 by David Gibson, and at one point the author writes this: "As you read these lines, there are likely many things in life you want.
Tim SheppardGUEST
They may be good things to want, or bad things to want, or unwise things to want.
Tim SheppardGUEST
But Psalm 23," and we might add Ruth chapter 4, "teaches you there is nothing you need that Jesus will not supply." If you've been redeemed by Jesus, you are not empty, you're full.
Christiane AmanpourHOST
Though once staunchly Catholic, only 5% of the French people now say they attend church regularly.
Christiane AmanpourHOST
Joining me to discuss the significance of the Pope's visit there, David Gibson, Director of the Centre on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, and Father Thomas Reese, who's a senior analyst at the Religious News Service.
Christiane AmanpourHOST
Welcome both of you to the program.
Christiane AmanpourHOST
Father Rees, let me ask you first, you know, Unity, he called for, and peace.
Thomas ReeseGUEST
All of these things the popes have been for.
Thomas ReeseGUEST
And it At this critical time, of course, Leo is speaking out on these things when they're needed more than ever because of what's going on in the Ukraine and what's going on with divisions even within countries in Europe.
Christiane AmanpourHOST
And David Gibson, we've interviewed you quite a lot about religion, about Catholicism, and occasionally about this pope.
Christiane AmanpourHOST
Why France, do you think? Generally, the big trips, I think, are reserved, well, probably I'm wrong, but, you know, for maybe the southern hemisphere there where the faith is growing.
Jason WilliamsGUEST
I mean, it's just one of the best reads or listens I've had.
Jason WilliamsGUEST
A book that's changed my life is David Gibson's Living Life Backwards, which is a look at understanding life.
Jason WilliamsGUEST
Really, it's really about the book of Ecclesiastes, but it's really about, it's not a Bible study book, but it's about how to look at your life from death, knowing that your time is going to come to an end
Brandon WatsonHOST
Beginning with an end in
David GibsonHOST
Hi there.
David GibsonHOST
I'm David Gibson.
David GibsonHOST
Let me tell you about some things going on at the institute.
David GibsonHOST
Um, so we've got our next open house coming up on October fourth from one to five PM here in Sausalito, just outside San Francisco.
Cam StephensHOST
Ecclesiastes 1, verse 1.
Cam StephensHOST
The words of the preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Cam StephensHOST
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher.
Cam StephensHOST
Vanity of vanities.
6 MINS LATER
Cam StephensHOST
Now, while the author calls himself and plays the role of Kohelet, we see also in the introduction the identity of this orator or preacher, the one whose words we are to consider together.
Cam StephensHOST
Look back at verse 1.
Cam StephensHOST
The words of the preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Cam StephensHOST
Now, while there is...
Matt FrayUNKNOWN
Twice in these verses, In verse 4, and then again just a little bit past our verse, in verse 20, Paul refers to gratitude as the antidote for these kinds of sins.
Matt FrayUNKNOWN
At Winter Grace this past February, David Gibson preached on this very passage from Ephesians 5.
Matt FrayUNKNOWN
I'd encourage you to go back and listen to it.
Matt FrayUNKNOWN
And he recommended this very practical test for self-evaluation.
J. D. GreearHOST
But you are not invincible and life doesn't last forever.
J. D. GreearHOST
David Gibson, whose book on Ecclesiastes called Living Life Backward, I found it immensely helpful in preparing this series.
J. D. GreearHOST
If you had one book you were gonna read on Ecclesiastes, it would be his.
J. D. GreearHOST
He sums up Solomon's final words this way.
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