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  • An Accountability Partner

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jan 3, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,298 views

    Having trouble keeping that New Year’s resolution? Get an accountability partner!

    AN ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER Text: Ecclesiastes 4:9 – 12 Introduction: • How many of you have made New Year’s resolutions? o Read Bible, diet, quit smoking, spend more time with family, be a better Christian • How many of you have already broken your New Year’s resolutions? • Hard to commit ...read more

  • When Life Doesn't Make Sense Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,558 views

    First of a a series from Ecclesiastes. This is an introduction to the book.

    Several years ago, Donald Miller wrote a popular book titled Blue Like Jazz. I haven’t read the book, but I was intrigued by the Author’s Note at the beginning of the book: I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when ...read more

  • God's Timing And My Time

    Contributed by Stephen Collins on Jan 8, 2009
    based on 44 ratings
     | 56,100 views

    Originally preached as a New Year’s message, this sermon focuses on the importance of living our lives by God’s timetable...not ours.

    God’s Timing and My Time [Inspired by John Maxwell’s "God’s Timing and my Time.] “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…” -Ecclesiastes 3:1 Icebreaker: In a recent panel for the comic strip The Family Circus, Dolly was shown drawing a picture with her ...read more

  • Life Is Like A Sandcastle Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,923 views

    2nd in a series from Ecclesiastes. Even though life "under the sun" is fleeting, we can still enjoy the journey.

    Over the years, many of people have come up with metaphors to try and describe what life is like. Perhaps you are familiar with a few of these. Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. • Forrest Gump Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you ...read more

  • First And Last Things Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 7, 2008
     | 4,089 views

    We live in a world that is often difficult to understand, where sometimes we just have to trust that God is in control, even if it seems that things are upside down, even if we find we can’t straighten out the things that are crooked in this world. But we

    How did a book like Ecclesiastes get in the Bible? Did someone make a mistake, do you think? I don’t know about you but I find the beginning of the book a bit depressing. Some people find it quite disturbing as it reinforces the doubts that they may have already about God’s place in the scheme of ...read more

  • Working For The Man Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 7, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,837 views

    We are people who live in world where everything is said to be relative. HOw do we find satisfaction in this world. But death is the great leveler. "There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in their toil."

    By Rev Bill Stewart INTRODUCTION ’Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s life Trying to make ends meet You’re a slave to money then you die ’Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s life Trying to make ends meet Trying to find some money then you die If you were in your teens or a ...read more

  • Ecclesiastes: Wisdom For Postmoderns 3 - Is Wisdom Enough? Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,722 views

    HOw do gain wisdom? Sometimes we find that what works in one situation backfires in another. But ecclesisastes helps us to see that the only source for wisdom is God himself.

    Wisdom is one of those things we all aim for as we go through life. We try to teach it to our children from an early age. We want them to avoid the mistakes that we or others have made. So what do we do? We teach them the same way people have done it for millennia: through the use of proverbs. You ...read more

  • The Final Word Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 7, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 12,704 views

    God is not a God to be trifled with. God is not a God to take for granted. Even if our observation of the world leaves us perplexed and confused, God has revealed himself to us in his word. He’s revealed his plan for the world to us. He’s told us what he’

    You could be forgiven for wondering, as you read through this book, what the writers view on God is. At times he seems like a secular humanist. A little bit jaded by his experience of life; quite cynical about life on earth; almost pessimistic at times about our chances of succeeding in life with ...read more

  • Life Liberty And The Pursuit Series

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008
     | 6,435 views

    This is the final in a study of the book of Ecclesiastes

    Life Liberty and the Pursuit Ecclesiastes 12 Do you remember the Cadillac slogan from a few years ago? Life , Liberty and the Pursuit Ecclesiastes is about the Pursuit And Solomon had his share of pursuits We are wrapping up our study of this book We are skipping chapters 10 and 11, since they are ...read more

  • What Are Your Priorities? Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Richard Laraviere on Aug 18, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,288 views

    Living with an eternal perspective will aid us in prioritizing our priorities

    What are your Priorities? Part 1 Note… Message illustrations and some points provided by Phillip Krueger, SermonCentral Text: Ecc. 3:1-13 1. He hath put the World- literally, eternity… in our hearts… 2. We are eternal beings, it has been part of our DNA from the beginning We did not ...read more

  • What Are Your Priorities? Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Richard Laraviere on Aug 18, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,507 views

    Living with an eternal perspective will aid us in prioritizing our priorities. What do your priorities say about you as a person?

    What are your Priorities? Part 2 Note… Message illustrations and some points provided by Phillip Krueger, SermonCentral Text: Ecc. 3:1-12 Opening: 1. Last week we learned our priorities tells on us – what is important and what is not 2 We further learned, that living with an Eternal ...read more

  • End Of The Matter

    Contributed by Selvan John on Aug 19, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 23,690 views

    How to achieve your desired end? Do we have the right attitude...?

    It is such a joy to speak on the title – the end of the matter, because it is always the end that matters and not how we begin. Over the years in ministry I have seen a lot of people who began well but ended very badly or sometimes not even to be seen. On the contrary there are few others who had ...read more

  • Seven Time Tested Truths

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Aug 30, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,905 views

    This word will bring truth and humor to all!

    Seven Time Tested Truths Text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-2,12: 13-14 1.Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say,“ I have no pleasure in them”: 2 “ Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “ Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” ...read more

  • Stepping Stones To Faith: Kindness Series

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,910 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

  • Our Spiritual Metamorphosis: Step 4 – Making Friends Series

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,755 views

    5th in the series of Our Spiritual Transformation

    Our Spiritual Metamorphosis: Step 4 – Making Friends Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12 We now have arrived at step number four of our thoughts about Spiritual Transformation or Our Spiritual Metamorphosis. It has been a learning process for all of us. I personally have discovered new territory as I have ...read more