Category: Ecclesiastes

Every good story has lessons to teach. Even stories written purely for entertainment still offer lessons – sometimes obvious, other times hidden. Yet they are there to be learned. That's why we have that common English idiom that speaks about the proverbial 'moral of the story.' Such is the case…

We have reached a point in Ecclesiastes where Solomon is trying to make sense of what he has learned, for the benefit of the reader. He is trying to summarize and offer a 'moral to the story' as it were. We saw the beginnings of that in chpt. 9, as…

  Scripture says that, "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him." ( Prov. 22:15). I suspect that a lot of parents haven't utilized the rod of correction over the last several generations because I see fools everywhere.…

There is an old hymn that says, "This world is not my home, I’m just a-passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue." Its main thrust is that of not getting too attached to this world because life here is not permanent. It is only temporary. The…

  The world can seem like a pretty depraved place at times. In fact, some days it seems like there is no end to the evil. But how do we react to that? How do we Christians live in a world that is so evil and corrupt? We constantly have…

Imagine the U.S. wasn't a representative republic. Instead, imagine our government was set up as a monarchy. Imagine you were made king. You had all the power, all the wealth, etc. How would that make you feel? If you're like most people, pretty special. You would feel like you were…

My line of work involves creating online content. I’ve noticed in recent years that a lot of my clients want their content to be strictly positive. Some of them will send work back for edits if I so much as mention anything that could be construed as negative. It’s absurd.…

Last week we talked a lot about the fact that God gives every man and woman the portion that he sees fit. We'll discuss that more today. But let's begin this lesson by comparing two fictional characters: Ebeneezer Scrooge and his nephew Fred. Scrooge is wealthy, but he's also a…

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 we pick up in verse 8 of this chapter, we transition from big dreams to big money. Remember that, in…

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 because we just need one more meeting. In our homes, husbands and wives talk about things but never reach solid…