Archive for July 2023
S191P11 – 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 MoreConfident confessions
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5qres-146ab9a What do we say when asked the simple, foundational, yet controversial truths of our faith? The answers will tell us what we really believe and who we really follow.
Read MoreSRM is (finally) heading to Fiji!
Since our original trip was canceled as a result of the pandemic, we have waited 3 years for this. Praise God for the door being opened for us again! We have the awesome opportunity to join Glad Tidings Church in West Lawn, PA, for two weeks of ministry in the South Pacific. We are believing…
Read MoreS191P10 – 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 MoreS191P9 – 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 MoreS191P8 – 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 MoreS191P7 – 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 MoreS191P6 – 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 MoreS191P5 – 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 MoreS191P4 – Ecclesiastical truths: the world will not lift 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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