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Ecclesiastes: Life Without God
Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 11, 2026 (message contributor)
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1. Why Did The World’s Wisest Man Say Life Is Meaningless?
Contributed on May 11, 2026
The first three chapters of Ecclesiastes lay out a picture of someone trying to make sense of the world without a solid connection with God.
SERIES SET-UP: Ecclesiastes is a book that shows where you end up if you try to make sense of existence without a deep connection to God. - Ecclesiastes 1:2. - 1 Kings 3:9-10; 1 Kings 10:14-29; 1 Kings 11:1-10. - Don't step on the next point. - We need to do a little explanation as we get ...read more
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2. How Should We Respond To The Evil And Oppression In The World?
Contributed on May 21, 2026
Solomon ponders the oppression we see all around us in the world. How should we respond?
“POOR, NASTY, BRUTISH, AND SHORT”: We live in a world of evil and oppression. - Ecclesiastes 4:1. - The sermon outline quote comes from a famous statement by the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, who lived in the 1600s. - Solomon looks at the oppression that so many experience in the world and ...read more
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3. Where Our Striving For Achievement Leads Us
Contributed on Jun 9, 2026
Solomon speaks here about the meaninglessness of our endless striving. Does the Bible have a better option for us?
- Reminder that the nature of the book of Ecclesiastes is someone trying to make sense of life with a deep connection to God. In this passage we see Solomon wrestling with achievement and its limitations. What he has to say has some insight to it, but it ultimately comes to a place of hopelessness. ...read more
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4. What More Money Doesn’t Deliver
Contributed on Jun 16, 2026
Solomon looks at the limitations of money.
AMERICA'S GOD: Money is the god of America. - Money is the idol that America loves most. WHERE MORE MONEY DOESN'T DELIVER: 1. You never seem to have enough. - Ecclesiastes 5:10. - We are told that money will bring joy and satisfaction, but however much we have never seems to be ...read more