Ecclesiastes Sermons 

“When You Go to the House of God”

  Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 (text); Matthew 7:21-27 © November 2, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ: Many evangelicals have a very low regard for the Lord’s Day. Their priority is their own pleasure and convenience on the Lord’s Day. If there’s no get-together, no outing, no important sports event, then they remember to attend the worship service. If they didn’t stay late for a Saturday night party, then they come. A survey released last week by Ligonier Ministries says that 52…

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Church Blog Ecclesiastes 

“Dust in the Wind” and Ecclesiastes

The other day, Pandora was playing “Dust in the Wind,” the biggest hit by the rock band Kansas in 1977. Since I’m preaching from several passages from Ecclesiastes, it struck me that its haunting, melancholy tune and lyrics could have been taken from the Teacher’s words. Ecclesiastes concludes that life is meaningless without God, “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man” (Eccl 12:13). And the words of this song reflect this meaningless life, wisdom,…

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Ecclesiastes Sermons 

Ecclesiastes Sermon Series: A Christian’s Life Under the Sun

Download an Introduction to Ecclesiastes (PDF) The title of the Book of Ecclesiastes comes from the the Latin Vulgate heading, Liber Ecclesiastes. The writer calls himself Qoheleth, which was translated in the Greek Septuagint as ekklēsiastēs. The Hebrew qoheleth is probably related to the Hebrew word qahal, which means assembly. So it may be a title or the name of one who leads or addresses the assembly of the people, hence, the writer is often called “Preacher.” Date Title/Theme Texts  Oct 19  Is Life Fifteen Minutes of Vanity?  Eccl 1:1-11;…

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