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  • Andrew Chan avatar

    Living Wisely As Fathers Series

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 17, 2001
    based on 49 ratings
     | 4,626 views

    How investing in key relationships helps fathers to live wisely as we examine Solomon’s legacy.

    “Living Wisely as Fathers” Text: Eccl.4:4-12, 1 Kings 11:1-10 Sermon series Living Wisely in a Meaningless World. Based on book of Ecclesiastes. By Rev. Andrew Chan, PBC, Vancouver, BC June 17,2001 First, happy father’s day to all you daddies! According to a story found on Toronto Star the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Jim Black avatar

    Chasing After... Career Series

    Contributed by Jim Black on Jul 22, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 10,081 views

    We seek meaning for our lives in the very same places the Teacher looked in Ecclesiastes ... and are all ultimately meaningless without God.

    American Idols: #1 Work Ecclesiastes 2:17-23 We’re beginning a new series tonight entitled "American Idols." You may be familiar with the popular Fox television show where contestants show off their singing talents and vie to become the next "American Idol." You’d have to have been on another ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Money-When Will We Ever Have Enough

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 55 ratings
     | 7,986 views

    This Sermon Deals With Stewardship. It Asks Us To Evaluate How Much Is Really Enough. Is There Any Amount Of Money That Will Truly Make Us Content.

    Money- When Will We Ever Have Enough 5/2/99 Ecclesiastes 4:4-8 1 Timothy 6:17-19 A rich man wanted to make sure he had enough money with him in order to go to heaven. He learned that he would die in a few days. He called his three friends: a doctor, preacher, and lawyer to his ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mike Hays avatar

    I Saw The Tears Of The Oppressed.

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 81 ratings
     | 6,109 views

    We should pray for those around the world who are persecuted for their faith.

    "I Saw The Tears of The Oppressed..." Ecclesiastes 4:1 When we woke up this morning we made a decision that we were going to go to church. Our decision was based upon ruling out the other options that presented themselves to us. Some of us struggled with whether or not to sleep in since it has ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Glen Lawhun avatar

    What Is Your Driving Force? Series

    Contributed by Glen Lawhun on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,501 views

    What is your driving force? What makes you tick? Do you even know? For what do you work? For what do you toil? Why do you live the way you do? Does it even matter? For what do you give your energy to? What matters most in your life?

    Ec 4:4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. 5 The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh. 6 Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ronnie Miller avatar

    Without God Life Makes No Sense. Ecclesiastes

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jan 12, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,460 views

    God blessed this man with everything that most humans try to achieve in life and he surpasses them all because of God's blessings of knowledge and riches.

    "Without God life makes no sense." Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 We come to the midpoint in our study in Ecclesiastes and I have always thought the reasoning and thoughts of Solomon in Proverbs ...Song of Solomon and here in Ecclesiastes are really fascinating. Why are his thoughts ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pat Damiani avatar

    One Is The Loneliest Number Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Mar 10, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,757 views

    9th in a series from Ecclesiastes. God created man to live in community with God and with others.

    In April 1969, the group Three Dog Night had their first top ten hit with a song titled “One”. That song included these lyrics: One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do Two can be as bad as one It’s the loneliest number since the number one No is the saddest experience you’ll ever know Yes, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Kane avatar

    Stepping Stones To Faith: Kindness Series

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,426 views

    The fourth sermon of a seven part series, ‘Stepping Stones and Stumbling Blocks to Faith.’

    (Slide 1) When I was a few months from graduation from seminary, the church I had attended during college had a position open and I was very interested in it. The pastor had become a spiritual mentor to me and I was hopeful for the opportunity to work with him. When we met to discuss the position ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    "Is Work Meaningless?" Ecc Pt 5 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,095 views

    Is work meaningless? According to Solomon it is if you are working for the wrong reason and for the wrong person.

    “Is Working Meaningless?” Ecc. pt 5 Opening Illustration: From Blue Fish TV – “Motivational Message” Thesis: Is work meaningless? According to Solomon it is if you are working for the wrong reason and for the wrong person. Scripture Text: Ecc. 4:1-16: 1Again I looked and saw all the oppression ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    Stolen By Success Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 12, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,045 views

    A message about loosing our idenity in Christ to the pursuiet of success.

    Continuing in our series entitled Identity Theft. As you may recall … the fastest growing crime in America is Identity Theft… a means by where who we are is taken by another. But of course our identity is far more than our credit card number or bank account. And in truth… the greatest danger of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Slowing Down Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 28, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 26,366 views

    Every moment is scheduled in our lives. The Bible tells us that all this hurrying has dramatic negative effects on us. So how can you slow down? The strategies I’m going to share with you today to slow down your life to a more rational, reasonable pace a

    Slowing Down When You’re Running On Empty Ecclesiastes 4:4-8 John Ortberg tells the story of calling a wise friend to ask for some spiritual direction not long after moving to Chicago. I described the pace of life in my current ministry. The church where I serve tends to move at a fast clip. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Michael Luke avatar

    What's The Value? Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,688 views

    True value is found in God’s image in us and in Christ’s death for us

    SERIES: “BE SATISFIED” “WHAT’S THE VALUE?” ECCLESIASTES 4:1-16 OPEN Stan Caffy was preparing for married life. He and his bride-to-be cleaned out their respective garages and donated everything to Goodwill. Caffy and his soon-to-be wife got rid of an assortment of clothes, bicycles, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    The Gift Of Work Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Sep 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,425 views

    Why do we work? How can we content?

    [If you would like to receive a free sermon each week by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com.] THE GIFT OF WORK Would you like to have more money? Most people would like to have more money. If you want to make more money, usually that means working more or finding a job that pays more. (Or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Working Together Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 24, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 33,608 views

    In today's lesson we learn that since working alone is futile, we ought to work together with others.

    Scripture A New York Times article on people who are sick of too many hours at work tells the story of Diane Knorr, a former dot.com executive. “The first time I got a call way after hours from a senior manager, I remember being really flattered and thinking, ‘Wow! I’m really ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mark Wood avatar

    It Is Not Fair

    Contributed by Mark Wood on Jun 21, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,997 views

    Dr. Wood shows his listeners that life is not fair as we know it, he uses this passage to show that Solomon wants people to live above this world.

    When Solomon first began His book of Ecclesiastes He looked at life from an overall philosophical view point. This is to say he was looking at it from a wisdom point of view. He said that life was al meaningless and just continued like a snowball rolling down hill. As King Solomon got to look ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist