“Practical Wisdom” Part 2 Ecclesiastes 11-12
Here, at the end of the book, Solomon helps us think about aging. And the headline of his teaching is this: a wise person prepares for the end from the beginning. Life is short, so how can we make the most out of it?
THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Ecclesiastes chapters 11 & 12. Our reading will be chapter 12. These are the words of …
Practical Wisdom Pt. 1 – Ecclesiastes 9-10
God is the God of Fortune 500 companies and he is the God of cleaning the dryer lint. Joy in work isn’t calibrated towards the size of the work, but the size of the Lord who has called you to the task.
THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Ecclesiastes chapters 9 & 10. Our reading will begin in 9:17. These are the words of God:…
God’s Sovereignty in the Halls of Power – Ecclesiastes 8
We live in a world of complexities and conundrums, so must resist falling into an “all or nothing” mentality. The kings of the Bible aren’t neatly divided between good and bad. It’s filled with great kings who are adulterers (David) and evil kings who bless the people of God (Cyrus).
THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Ecclesiastes 8. These are the words …
THE TEXT:
The text for the sermon today is Ecclesiastes 5-6. These are the words of God:
5 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. 2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is …
THE TEXT:
Our text for today comes from Ecclesiastes 2:10. These are the words of God:
10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all …
Human Impotence (Part 1) – Ecclesiastes 1
In his novel, When Nietzsche wept, Irvin Yalom writes, “Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness.” In other words, don’t look deeply into life. If you begin to think deeply about the world, wealth, work, and wisdom you’ll despair. And yet, God, through the author of Ecclesiastes spends 12 chapters forcing us to think deeply about all these things.
Our text for today is Ecclesiastes
