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Greg M, Patrick Lai, and guest bloggers write about the joys, challenges, and rewards that come with taking the Gospel to the least reached through real business.
ECCLESIASTES 10: PREPARATION
This is part 12 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes.Solomon is back to his old (good) ways again. In Ecclesiastes 10, he uses proverbs to teach nuggets of wisdom. This means that though hebel effects everything, it doesn’t negate everything. So many...
ECCLESIASTES 9: ENDURANCE
This is part 11 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes.Death: the Great Equalizer. Ultimate things are completely and utterly outside of our control. Nothing makes us feel the weight of our finiteness more than death. “It is the same for all, since the...
ECCLESIASTES 8: JOYFULNESS
This is part 10 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes.There is a faith that is rare but beautiful, where one continues to trust the LORD when their experiences seem to contradict His promises. When their prayers for healing remain unanswered for...
ECCLESIASTES 7: ETERNITY
This is part 9 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes.Today it is universal to create a tagline for your book cover. If Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes today, the tagline of the book could be, “Learning to live by preparing to die.” We will see why in...
ECCLESIASTES 6: DOMINION
This is part 8 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Recall that the concept of hebel—though unnamed then—was introduced in Genesis 3 at the fall of man. Ecclesiastes 6 puts on display another facet of hebel that combats the good order God created in...
ECCLESIASTES 5: SATISFACTION
This is part 7 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. We have a trail of bread crumbs. There isn’t much gain under the sun, but Solomon keeps dropping hints that there are things that are better than others. Wisdom is better than foolishness....
ECCLESIASTES 4: COMPETITION
This is part 6 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes.Hebel even affects relationships. Oppression of poor people who have no one to protect them is a grievous evil under the sun (4:1-3). Their lives are marked by hebel. What meaning can be felt or...
ECCLESIASTES 3: TIME
This is part 5 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes.Remember the “hamster wheel” feeling that Solomon introduced in 1:3-7? Solomon brings it up again and in even greater detail. Take a look at his math in 3:1-8: There is a time and season for...
ECCLESIASTES 2: REST
This is part 4 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. In modern parlance, Solomon “did us a solid” (or did us a great favor). Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 documents Solomon’s foray into chasing after meaning by any means possible. This section is intensely...
ECCLESIASTES: HEBEL
This is part 3 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes.In the imperfect-but-good world Solomon inherited from his father, righteousness was still expected to rule the day. With wisdom in this context, Solomon discerned a 1-to-1 correlation between...
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