Make no mistake: if anybody was going to acquire enough stuff and have great enough experiences to feel satisfied by them, it was going to be King Solomon of Israel. Such a notion should give us pause: if it didn’t work for him, what makes one think it’ll work for us?
Read MoreI cannot recommend enough the following resources for those of you wanting to chow down on some Biblically-based thought food in regards to the two big issues from this week, namely racialism in the Church and the ever-present war on masculinity.
Read MoreThe human problem is beyond human comprehension. Nothing we ever achieve, no standard of living we ever attain, no amount of technological or scientific advancement; nothing seems to come close to righting the wrongness of life. No amount of insight or learning or analysis has helped us undo the damage every subsequent generation seems destined to cause.
Read More“Vanity of vanities,” says Solomon. “All is vanity.”
Inconsequential might be the word we contemporary people would use.
Human life as we know it is fleeting, transitory, temporary, futile, and incomprehensible.
There must be something more. Solomon dedicated himself to discovering what that was. And if anyone in all of history was up to the task, it was he. Ecclesiastes is the account of that quest. I hope you continue to join me as I reflect on it.
Read MoreThere's a lot of wisdom here, especially as you ponder the biblical concepts of meekness (Matthew 5:5) and humility (I Peter 5:6).
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