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  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Can You Catch The Wind With Your Hands?

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 13, 2014
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    All way to meaning apart from God is but a grasping for the wind. But the way of Christ is the way to meaning.

    Can You Catch the Wind With Your Hands? Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 The Preacher uses many colorful metaphors to describe the vanity of everything he sees and does. In many ways, the Book of Ecclesiastes purposely paints the despair and futility he feels with the most colorful terms. He describes life to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    I Just Want To Be Happy! Vanity?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 28, 2015
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    I hear many say their goal in life is to be happy? Oz is only Oz to those that do not live in Oz.

    I JUST WANT TO BE HAPPY... VANITY The elusiveness of the butterfly... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com 37 TIMES SOLOMON STATES VANITY OF VANITIES Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1:2 (NLT) “Everything ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • John McCormack avatar

    Ecclesiastes

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Dec 3, 2015
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    BELIEVERS ARE HEAVEN BOUND!

    ECCLESIASTES OBSERVATION: THE “PREACHER” RELATES TO THE HEBREW WORD ASSEMBLY OR CONGREGATION. NO DATES OR WRITER’S NAME IS MENTIONED. KING SOLOMON MAY HAVE AUTHORED THE BOOK. INTERPRETATION: READ ECCLESIASTES 1: 1-4. FOCUS ON VERSE 4 (NASB) A GENERATION GOES AND A ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ronnie Miller avatar

    Time According To God. ....ecclesiastes 3:1 Thru 4 01/01/2016

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Dec 24, 2015
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    Where has the time gone? There is a time for everything but, that never seem to bother me when I was young. But as I get older I consider almost everything in time. It’s time to take my medicine, it’s time to go to the doctor, it’s time for this or time for that.

    Time according to God. Ecclesiastes 3:1 thru 4 01/01/2016 Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Hamby avatar

    The Search For Meaning Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 8, 2016
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    Principally and introduction to the study and the exposition of first eleven verses

    A study of the Book of Ecclesiastes Finding Satisfaction In Life ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Changed By The Stream Of The Spirit Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 20, 2015
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     | 7,018 views

    We all experience different situations, circumstances and opportunities. Yet each of us have been and continue to be blessed by God.

    Changed by the Stream of the Spirit We are continuing in our series on Supernatural Springs and this month we are focussing on the Stream of the Spirit. As always the question to begin: Do you seek a good life or a changed life? In our lives, we all have something that we can thank God for. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    God Sized Dreams Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jul 11, 2015
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    Beginning a series of sermons from Ecclesiastes. What we learn from the Preacher will help us move forward in life.

    Dream Big July 12, 2015 Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 You need to write this very first statement in your sermon notes. It’s really profound . . . AND what’s best is I thought this up all by myself. Here it goes — I hope you’re ready!! Have you ever noticed this . . . the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Nihilism Is Not Practical

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 29, 2008
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    Life is not meaningless, we gain meaning in life through the person of Jesus Christ.

    In college one of the jobs I had was working in a medical file warehouse. Talk about mundane, boring, monotonous. These were huge warehouses that contained millions of files from hospitals all over the San Francisco Bay Area. I did one of three things: I pulled a file for a patient in a hospital ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When Life Doesn't Make Sense Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 5, 2009
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    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

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Life Is Like A Sandcastle Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 11, 2009
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    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

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Too Smart For Our Own Good Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 18, 2009
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    3rd in a series from Ecclesiastes. The only profitable wisdom is God-centered.

    In preparing for this week’s message, I was taken back to one of the most profitable learning activities that I ever experienced during my seminary training. As part of my Old Testament introduction class, we were required to find articles from scholarly journals and write a three page evaluation ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Duane Brown avatar

    Apathy Rules

    Contributed by Duane Brown on Jan 21, 2009
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    Taken from Chuck Swindolls Living on the Ragged Edge

    The story is told of a university library, where there appeared - on the walls - in bold, sprawling letters, about 12” high…two (2) words of graffiti - "APATHY RULES!" Perhaps those words were written by a disillusioned student - a student who has spent endless hours in the pursuit of some ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Living A Life That Matters Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 7, 2009
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     | 21,481 views

    Solomon, the wisest and richest man to ever live gives us some insight on how we can live a life that has meaning.

    Living a life that matters Ecclesiastes1:1-11 + selected Scriptures Introduction: I hope the title of the message caught your attention. I am sure in some way that this is our prayer. Living a life that matters. We will look at Solomon this morning. The son ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Julio Gonzalez avatar

    "The Preacher"

    Contributed by Julio Gonzalez on Feb 11, 2009
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    Introduction to Ecclesiastes

    "THE PREACHER" Ecc. 1:1-3 INTRODUCTION Rev. Julio González "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?" "What is life all about? What is the point of living? Why should we work so hard to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Julio Gonzalez avatar

    "Round And Round We Go" Series

    Contributed by Julio Gonzalez on Feb 12, 2009
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    If we look at life only from the viewpoint of the natural physical man, it can get very discouraging. Life is nothing more than one big “rat race.” That is what Solomon is seeing in this first chapter of Ecclesiastes.

    "Round and Round We Go" Eccl. 1:4-18 Rev. Julio González The older we get, the more we begin to see life as an endless cycle. Babies are born, then they grow older and then they die. Then more babies are born. It rains, the sun shines for a while and then it rains again. We work, we eat, we sleep ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist