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Ecclesiastes 11 & 12. Act

Ecclesiastes 11 & 12. Act

In the face of uncertainty we are to act. But how? By managing risk, by seeking joy, by living with reverence. [Audio | Notes]

Michael Flynn


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Ecclesiastes 11 & 12

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Be bold (11:1-7)

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Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Ecclesiastes, WisdomTags Ecclesiastes, Meaning, Meaningless, Reverence

Ecclesiastes 9 & 10. Resilience

Ecclesiastes 9 & 10. Resilience

Our culture talks a great deal about building resilience. Wisdom teaches us that all things, including wisdom, are limited. Knowing this is part of becoming resilient. [Audio | Notes]

Michael Flynn


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Ecclesiastes 9 & 10

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Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Ecclesiastes, WisdomTags Ecclesiastes, Meaning, Meaningless, Resilience

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20. Contentment

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20. Contentment

Contentment is a gift of God. Seven times in the book of Ecclesiastes we are told here is the one thing the writer has found to be good in life. The question for us is can our quest for meaning … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Ecclesiastes, WisdomTags Contentment, Ecclesiastes, Meaning, Meaningless, Proverbs

Ecclesiastes 3. Frustration, Judgement & Joy

Ecclesiastes 3. Frustration, Judgement & Joy

Wise living requires that we recognise the times we live in. Then we can act wisely, neither giving into fate nor exhausting ourselves by our inability to finally tame the forces that shape us and our circumstance. Wisdom is a … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Ecclesiastes, WisdomTags Ecclesiastes, Frustration, Joy, Meaning, Meaningless

Ecclesiastes 1 & 2. Satisfaction

Ecclesiastes 1 & 2. Satisfaction

When a book opens by telling us that any quest for meaning or satisfaction will face many frustrations the skeptics amongst us think… “yep, that is about right”. Some Christians wonder why this film-noir book is in the Bible but … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Ecclesiastes, Wealth, WisdomTags Achievement, Contentment, Despair, Ecclesiastes, Meaning, Meaningless, Pleasure, Wisdom, Work

Ecclesiastes. Introduction

Ecclesiastes. Introduction

There is a lot to grapple with in a book that stares without blinking at the hardest parts of life and opens with the insistence that life is meaningless. The video and audio media below provide an introduction to this … Read more

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Genesis 3. Meaninglessness

Genesis 3. Meaninglessness

The American sociologist, James Davison Hunter, points out that we began the modern world by looking for new sources of certainty but now our words have become unhinged, separated from the world we must live in. This happened because we

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Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Genesis, Sin, SufferingTags Evil, Meaning, Meaningless, Temptation, Words

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