Jun 26, 2014
Ecclesiastes 7:15-8:1. Are you a balanced person? Your view of God will determine your view of yourself. Your view of yourself will determine how you view others. And your view of the gospel will essentially effect your views on everything. Here, the teacher of Ecclesiastes reminds us that the truly wise person...
Jun 18, 2014
Ecclesiastes 7:1-14. Death. Mourning. Funerals. Sadness. What's with all the doom and gloom? Some might conclude that if Solomon intends to cast pearls of wisdom, then these must be black pearls! But, wisdom that preserves the life of its possessor would instruct us to consider the harder things in life while we...
Jun 18, 2014
Ecclesiastes 6:1-12. It is never much fun to talk about money. Generally, the Bible teaches that money is a gift from God, a necessity in life, and something to be enjoyed to His glory. But what if money is all you seek in this life? When one seeks security in the accumulation of wealth, it proves to deliver the...
Jun 3, 2014
In the 1st Star Wars movie, Luke told Hans Solo that if he would help the princess Leia, he could have more wealth than he could imagine. To which Hans replied, “I don’t know, I can imagine quite a lot.” How much wealth can you imagine? And realistically, what is the possibility that you'll ever really see it?...
Jun 3, 2014
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7. One commentator has noted that "Solomon warns us to watch that area of life where vanity is most likely to gain entrance, namely, the area of public worship." Is worship for you just vain formalism?--a weekly religious nod to God? Here, the teacher of Ecclesiastes would encourage us to watch our...