Big Money Illusions – Eccl. 5:8-20
Last week's study was about big dreams and many words. We talked about how bug dreams often lead to meaningless results when they are pursued apart from serving God. As...
Big Dreams & Many Words – Eccl. 5:1-7
We love to talk about things in 2020, don't we? At work, we have endless meetings to discus the same topics over and over. Decisions are slow to be made...
The King’s Meaningless Life – Eccl. Chpt. 4
Are you familiar with the Charles Dickens classic 'A Christmas Carol'? If so, you may remember a scene from late in the story, where the Ghost of Christmas Yet to...
A Pragmatic & Pessimistic King – Eccl. chpt. 3
Do you know anyone with a pragmatic personality? I admit that I am a very pragmatic person, which is to say that I tend to think in practical terms. I...
The Preacher Hates Life – Eccl. chpt. 2
Imagine watching a TV interview with someone rich and famous. It could be anyone – your favorite actor, pro athlete, or even a politician. Would you be surprised to hear...
A Wise Man’s Vanity – Eccl. chpt. 1
It's been said that getting old is not for the faint of heart. Normally, the context of such statements is physical health. The body breaks down as at ages....
As Real As It Gets – Lk. 24:36-53
We have finally reached what is the end of Luke's gospel BUT NOT the end of the story. As we'll see in today's text, the majority of the remaining apostles...
Then Came Sunday – Lk. 24:1-35
Last week's Bible study ended with a discussion of Joseph putting Jesus' body into his own grave while some of the women watched at a distance. Those women clearly made...
The Beginning of the End – Lk. 23:44-56
We have an idiom in English the talks about the beginning of the end. When we use the phrase 'this is the beginning of the end', it's almost always in...
The Illogical Crucifixion – Lk. 23:27-43
Observation of the natural world reveals lots of things that don't seem to make logical sense to our brains. For example, water expands when it both freezes and evaporates. No...