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  • Jim Black avatar

    Chasing After... Career Series

    Contributed by Jim Black on Jul 22, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 11,332 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

  • Mike Hays avatar

    I Saw The Tears Of The Oppressed.

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 81 ratings
     | 7,002 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

  • Mark Wood avatar

    It Is Not Fair

    Contributed by Mark Wood on Jun 21, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
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    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

  • Mark Wood avatar

    Where Is The Forest?

    Contributed by Mark Wood on Jun 21, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,588 views

    Dr. Wood shows that soemtimes we cannot see the forest for the trees when it come to injustice in tis world.

    Verse 16 What Solomon Saw He saw what he perceived as injustice The Guilty went free The innocent suffered unjustly The rich could buy their freedom (OJ Simpson) The poor was abused Solomon makes three comments about the lack of Justice. 1) Judgment is coming Verse 17 a. These inequalities of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Ward avatar

    Turn Turn Turn

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,157 views

    A year’s end/New Year’s message adaptable to many occasions. BIG IDEA: "God’s got it, even though we don’t get it"

    “Turn Turn Turn” Ecclesiastes 3:1-17 INTRODUCTION: "End of Year" Lists are everywhere in the media as a new year approaches: Most Newsworthy Events of the Year, Famous People Who Have Died This Year, Most Notable Sports Stories of the Year, Most Annoying People of the Year (Paris, Britney, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    "Everything In Time" Ecc Pt 4 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 7, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,478 views

    Solomon tells us that timing is everything in life and life goes through many stages and we need to know what time it is.

    “Everything in Time!” Ecclesiastes pt. 4 On the lighter side of life: Proverbs from Fourth Graders A 4th grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each child in the class the first half of the proverb, and asked them to come up with the rest. Here is what they came up with: Better ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    "Is Work Meaningless?" Ecc Pt 5 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,754 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

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    Better Off Dead? Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 3, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,110 views

    Chapter 4 focuses on two burdens, injustice and alienation, that aptly describe the distress of living without God. Without spiritual resources, life is pretty tough. Our options are to trust God or trust nothing.

    Overcoming Futility—a sermon series on Ecclesiastes “Better Off Dead?” chapter 4 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Chapter 4 focuses on two burdens, injustice and alienation, that aptly describe the distress of living without God. Without spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Christopher Lanham avatar

    Arriving On Time

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 14, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,309 views

    Time is one of the great philosophical questions of all time – if I may make such a circular statement. Humankind has been in conniption fits since the dawn of time trying to discover its nature. What is time? How does it move? We know how to tell tim

    Note: Although not quoted directly, I am sure that this sermon was greatly influenced by Chuck Swindoll’s work Living on the Ragged Edge. Arriving on Time Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI April 17, 2005 This morning I want to dispel one of the most widespread myths to ever ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    God's Enduring Work Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 28, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,341 views

    God is sovereign, He controls the “times”, yet in spite of this, we often fail to recognize God’s hand at work in the world. We have at best a limited view of all that God is doing.

    Overcoming Futility—a sermon series on Ecclesiastes “God’s Enduring Work” Chapter 3 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts What do we do with the brief time we’ve been given? In a lifetime, the average American will spend 6 months waiting at stoplights, one ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Life's Not Fair Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 19, 2015
    based on 16 ratings
     | 31,802 views

    Solomon is troubled by the unfairness of life. But he was the king - why didn't he just legislate away injustice and punish all the wrong-doers and give away some his vast wealth to feed the poor? Why wouldn't that work?

    OPEN: Awhile back there was an article that appeared in a Kentucky newspaper which read: "I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, that I was culturally deprived. Then they told me 'deprived' ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    Proper Timing Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jul 28, 2015
     | 9,622 views

    Through the ebb and flow of life God is with us.

    Ecclesiastes 3:1-17 “Proper Timing” INTRODUCTION Video Clip Ecclesiastes 3, especially verses 1-8, is one of the best known passages of scripture. This probably due, in part, to the popularity of the 1965 release of the song, “Turn, Turn, Turn,” by the Byrds. Most of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Worship According To God's Will Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 18, 2010
     | 3,468 views

    We must worship God as he wishes, not as we wish.

    Monday of 25th week in Course 20 Sept 2010 The Spirit of the Liturgy Try as we might, we cannot ever find Jesus “cutting a deal,” or negotiating the Truth. He seemed always to be spoiling for a confrontation with Sadducees–the crooks who ran worship–or Pharisees, or ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Ronnie Miller avatar

    Without God Life Makes No Sense. Ecclesiastes

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jan 12, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,623 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

    More Than Meets The Eye Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 23, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,540 views

    8th in a series from Ecclesiastes. We need to base what we think about God on His Word, not on what we observe in this world.

    In 1984, James Ealy was convicted in the 1982 brutal murders of 33 year old Christine Parker, her two children and one grandchild. Two years later, the Illinois Appellate Court overturned the conviction - even as justices acknowledged Ealy almost certainly was guilty. They said police had arrested ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist