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The End of the Matter

In the category of shameless plugs, I finished a three year project today with my sixty-first and final message from Ecclesiastes. Of preaching many sermons there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh, but my life has been changed as I’ve learned about, and tried to practice, enjoying the process. […]

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Like Being Thirsty

I’m tweaking some three year old Ecclesiastes sermons. What follows is an illustration that needs cut from it’s current position, but seems worthy of a home somewhere. So where to put it? The void is perfect. Searching for satisfaction under the sun is like being thirsty and: picking up an empty glass and trying to drink from it. picking up […]

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How to Make Solomonic Resolutions

Though apparently not everyone agrees, I think the new year provides a perfect opportunity to examine if there are lifestyle changes or attitude adjustments necessary to better enjoy the process (and make progress in Christlikeness). Especially in light of Ecclesiastes 9:7-10, if we’re eating our bread with dissatisfaction and dressing down and wasting life with […]

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Good Question

In today’s message on Ecclesiastes we covered the problem of Solomon’s folly. His moral folly is recorded for posterity in 1 Kings 11:1-14. His immorality inevitably led to idolatry and the verdict was: So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord. (v. 6) We raised […]

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