Category Archives: Ecclesiastes

Consider

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Pete

Talking to a brother after church yesterday morning, we managed to linger together long enough to get past the “How are you?” pleasantries and go a bit deeper into the “How ARE you?” realities. We talked about how this season … Continue reading →

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A Crown Beyond the Sun

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Pete

Had a look at my post from this day in my reading plan a year ago. Not surprised that I put down a few thoughts from the reading in Ecclesiastes 2, lot to chew on there. I don’t play the … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Sun

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Pete

He had done life both ways–pursuing wisdom and going after folly. He was a thinker, knowing that life was meant to be lived and that there were different ways to live it. And he had the smarts to devise experiments … Continue reading →

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Ransomed from the Vapors

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Pete

Vapor of vapors . . . all of it is vapor. As the Preacher draws his musings to an end in Ecclesiastes he can’t shake the overall futility he feels as he nears the end of his race (Eccl. 12:8). … Continue reading →

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Let Your Words Be Few

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Pete

It would seem that for the Preacher not an area of life was exempt from frustration if lived out but “under the sun.” He had sought wisdom, he had worked hard. He had held back no desire which his heart … Continue reading →

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Legacy

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Pete

Solomon held nothing back. When it came to life, he was all in . . . peddle to the metal. If he could learn it, he’d study around the clock. If he could grow it, he’d devote acres to it. … Continue reading →

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If I Knew . . . I Still Would

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pete

Kind of interesting how observations from two completely unrelated passages can come together to get the mind churning. Something I read this morning from a preacher and then a reminder concerning a prophet came together and started me thinking. Noodling … Continue reading →

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Real Enjoyment

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Pete

I’m guessing that even the newest reader of Ecclesiastes picks up on the underlying heartbeat of “the Preacher’s” (1:1) words pretty quickly. I’m only two chapters in and the pulse is already established. Eleven times, so far, the son of … Continue reading →

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Getting Above “Under the Sun”

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Pete

So, I’m thinking that King Solomon might have been a little too smart for his own good. He may have over thought things a tad. I’m suspecting this guy was a bit “type A” . . . a little anal-retentive. … Continue reading →

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Under the Son

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Pete

The book of Ecclesiastes lacks color . . . literally. I have my colored pencils (aka “pencil crayons” for those of us north of the border) at the ready looking for the grand themes of Scripture to highlight . . … Continue reading →

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