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  • Mark Wood avatar

    It Is Not Fair

    Contributed by Mark Wood on Jun 21, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,744 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

  • Mark Canfield avatar

    Google: What Are You Searching For? Series

    Contributed by Mark Canfield on Nov 9, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,487 views

    Is there one site that has the answers to the most relevant questions we face everyday of our lives? During this 5 week series, join us as we search together for the solutions to life’s most basic questions.

    GOOGLE: What Are You Searching For? Week 1: A Network of Real Friends October 2006 The search for information has become the new pastime for many people today. But with literally 100’s of millions of websites to browse, where do you find what you’re searching for? Is there one site that has the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Glen Lawhun avatar

    What Is Your Driving Force? Series

    Contributed by Glen Lawhun on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,154 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

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    Better Off Dead? Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 3, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,270 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

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    "Is Work Meaningless?" Ecc Pt 5 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,874 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

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    Two Are Better Than One Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Sep 13, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
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    God did not design us to be loners.

    [If you would like to receive a free sermon each week by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com.] NOT CREATED TO BE LONERS Again, I saw vanity under the sun: one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, ...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
     | 35,400 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

  • Terry Blankenship avatar

    The Woe Everyone Knows Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on May 29, 2012
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     | 7,166 views

    Who am I/ Why am I here? What is my purpose? Solomon addresses these questions in chapter 4 as he experiences the troubles, toils, trials and tears of life "under the sun."

    Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 The Woe Everyone Knows! Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun: And look! The tears of the oppressed, But they have no comforter— On the side of their oppressors there is power, but they have no comforter.¹ Therefore I praised the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Give Yourself A Break

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,242 views

    With statistics concerning sociological changes in America this sermon discusses the stress Christians are experiencing. Movie clip from "Cheaper by the Dozen" provides an illustration.

    Give Yourself a Break Eccl. 4:6-12[1] 6-20-04 Intro I want to begin this morning with a clip from the movie, Cheaper by the Dozen.[2] In this movie Coach Tom (played by Steve Martin) and his wife Kate (Bonnie Hart) have twelve kids. They are doing fine until opportunity knocks—an opportunity ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    Intentional Relationships Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 25, 2010
     | 13,357 views

    Without intentional, spiritual relationships, our love for God can grow cold

    Commitments January 24, 2010 Intentional Relationships Ecclesiastes 4:8-12 In Romania, after communism fell, we in the west became aware of the many orphans there who were basically warehoused in huge orphanages. They were vastly understaffed. So the babies, while they had most of their ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Davon Huss avatar

    I'm Working More But Enjoying It Less

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 27, 2014
     | 4,978 views

    A sermon on labor, work from Ecclesiastes (Title, Material and outline adapted from Dan Blazer's book, Life Is Worth Living, chapter 5)

    Introduction: Solomon in Ecclesiastes at times has a positive outlook on work, labor. Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13, NIV. Ecclesiastes 5:18, NIV. Ecclesiastes 9:9, NIV. At other times Solomon is downright negative about work and labor. “What does man gain from all his labour at which he toils ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    The Need For Community Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jul 31, 2015
     | 7,539 views

    A look at chapter 4. We need to live within community.

    Three is Better Than One Ecclesiastes 4:1-12 August 2, 2015 We’re in week 4 of looking at Life Lessons from Ecclesiastes. Again, this is not very optimistic literature, but if we’re willing we can find the hope in this book. Solomon is the writer and he’s trying to find every ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Hamby avatar

    Together We Stand Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Apr 21, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 25,714 views

    The value of working together.

    “Together We Stand” Ecclesiastes 4:4-16 Let’s begin this evening by reading the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Victor Yap avatar

    All For One, One For All

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 4, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,943 views

    Ecclesiiastes

    ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL (ECCLESIASTES 4) My wife and I arrived in Hong Kong on Aug 18, 2008. After my wife passed away on May 22, 2016, Rev. So invited me for holiday dinner (July 1, 2016). I asked him, “How am I different from other coworkers whose wives passed away?” He said, “Different. You do ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Chasing The Wind - Work? Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 19, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,661 views

    Is work meaningless? Is it like chasing after the wind? According to Solomon it is if you are working for the wrong reason and for the wrong person. We need to work for God not men or money and we need to keep it proper balance and be on the side were the

    Opening Illustration: From Blue Fish TV – “Wake” Series: Chasing the Wind – Ecclesiastes Transition read before song: Solomon states in Ecc. 1:2-4; 8; 14: “Meaningless! MEANINGLESS!” SAYS THE TEACHER. “UTTERLY MEANINGLESS!” Everything Is meaningless.” What does man gain from his labor at which he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational