Archive for May 2020
S56P12 – Ecclesiastical truths: hard times will come
Ecc. 9:12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them. No one knew much about her except for her name. They never saw her coming or going,…
Read MoreS56P11 – Ecclesiastical truths: hope for the living
Ecc. 9:4 Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion! There are many things in life that come to an end with an expected period of winding down. When he was finishing college, the last half of his last semester was a time to…
Read MoreS56P10 – Ecclesiastical truths: there is joy here
Ecc. 8:14-15 There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless. So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat…
Read MoreS56P9 – Ecclesiastical truths: accepting all of God’s days
Ecc. 7:13-14 Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked? When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future. The thought has crossed my mind many times. …
Read MoreLooking beyond the shadows
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yinpj-dbfcd8 This earthly life gives us glimpses of things to come, greater things that God desires to show us and share with us. This shadowy vapor may be quick and unfulfilling, but this is not all there is. Let us thank God for the illumination He provides and ask him to reveal that to those…
Read MoreS56P8 – Ecclesiastical truths: growth will challenge us
Ecc. 7:5-6 It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise man and pursue wisdom than for one to listen to the song of fools and pursue stupidity. For like the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; and this too is vanity. Her idea of…
Read MoreS56P7 – Ecclesiastical truths: we start with so little
Ecc. 6:10-12 Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with Him who is mightier than he. For there are many other words that increase futility. What then is the advantage for a man? For who knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during…
Read MoreS56P6 – Ecclesiastical truths: all created equal
Ecc. 5:15-17 As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will return as he came; and he will take away nothing from all his labor that he can carry in his hand. This also is a grievous evil—exactly as he was born, so he shall die. So what advantage has he who labors…
Read MoreS56P5 – Ecclesiastical truths: designed for companionship
Ecc. 4:9-12 Two are better than one because they have a more satisfying return for their labor; for if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and does not have another to lift him up. Again, if two lie down together,…
Read MoreS56P4 – Ecclesiastical truths: the world will not raise us
Ecc. 4:1-3 Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them. So…
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