Welcome!
· “The truest of all books is Ecclesiastes” - Herman Melville from ‘Moby Dick’, chapter 97.
· “Meaningless! Meaningless! says the teacher…Everything is meaningless” -Ecclesiastes 1:2
· “So I hated my life because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind” - Ecclesiastes 2:17
· “Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is know that God favors what you do.” - Ecclesiastes 9:7
Any book of the Bible that claims all things are meaningless and encourages to drink wine with joy in our hearts is worthy of study, wouldn’t you agree?
Ecclesiastes is part of the Old testament Wisdom literature. It was likely written by King Solomon who ruled Israel during the 9th century B.C. Ecclesiastes ask the question that the rest of the Bible was written to answer. What is the point of life under the sun?
If you’ve every wondered about the meaning of life this teaching series is for you.
If you’ve looked into the mirror and asked yourself the question. ‘what is the point’? you are being Biblical as, far as Ecclesiastes is concerned, and this teaching series is for.
If you’ve ever felt like life is a wild goose chase without the goose Ecclesiastes is for you.
If you’ve ever felt like attaining lasting happiness is like try to lasso a cloud, or catch the wind, Ecclesiastes is for you.
If you’ve never felt anything like what is listed above this teaching series is for you.
March 7th - ‘Life under the sun”
March 14 - ‘Chasing after the wind: the pursuit of happiness’
March 21 - ‘The Great equalizer: reflections on life in light of death’
March 28 - ‘The tyranny of time’?
Join us on this journey through one of the greatest treasures of the Biblical tradition, ‘Ecclesiastes’.
“Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body” - Ecclesiastes 12:12
