What happens when you get everything you thought would make life meaningful—and it still isn’t enough?

In this episode of the Going Deeper Podcast, we continue our Life Under the Sun series by exploring Ecclesiastes 1–2 and Solomon’s search for lasting satisfaction. Wisdom, pleasure, wealth, and achievement all promise something more, but each ultimately comes up empty.

Ecclesiastes invites us to stop asking the things of this life to give us ultimate meaning and instead receive them for what they are: gifts from the hand of God. We can enjoy the work, relationships, and moments in front of us without expecting them to satisfy what only God can.

What if the goal isn’t to get more out of life, but to enjoy what God has already placed in front of us?

Join us as we go deeper into Ecclesiastes and discover how to live faithfully in a fleeting world.

0:00 Intro

0:56 Day 1

16:26 Day 2

36:01 Day 3

54:38 Day 4

The Preacher runs the most expensive experiment in history and reports the results. Pleasure, building projects, wealth, achievement, even wisdom — every category tested, every category found wanting. And the sharpest failure isn't decay over time; it's the handoff. Whatever we build gets given away the moment we die, to someone who never worked for it and may waste it.

From our "Life Under The Sun" series • Charles Homer

What does it mean to live a meaningful life when everything around us is fleeting—and why does Ecclesiastes describe so much of life “under the sun” as meaningless?

In this episode of the Going Deeper Podcast, we begin our Life Under the Sun series by exploring Ecclesiastes 1 and its sobering look at our search for satisfaction, significance, and lasting impact. The Teacher forces us to confront a difficult question: What do we actually gain from all our striving?

We’ll unpack the difference between profit and portion, why nothing under the sun can ultimately give us the lasting return we’re searching for, and how Ecclesiastes invites us to receive and faithfully steward the life God has given us.

If our time is brief and so much of what we chase is temporary, what does it look like to spend our lives on what truly matters?

Join us as we go deeper into Ecclesiastes and discover how to live faithfully in a fleeting world.

0:00 Intro

1:05 Day 1

12:16 Day 2

25:35 Day 3

38:27 Day 4

Before the Preacher tells us anything about his own life, he shows us the world running without us. Generations come and go, the sun circles back to where it started, the wind turns and turns, and every river runs to a sea that never fills. Nothing is new and nobody is remembered. Then he asks the question the whole book exists to answer: what does a person actually get out of all their work.

From our "Life Under The Sun" series • Danny Strange

What is communion—and why does Paul warn us that we can approach the table in an “unworthy manner”?

In this episode of the Going Deeper Podcast, we explore the sacred meal at the center of Christian worship. Communion is more than a memorial service. It reminds us of creation, celebrates the new covenant Jesus established through His blood, makes visible the unity of the body of Christ, and points forward to the wedding feast of the Lamb.

We’ll unpack 1 Corinthians 10–11 and the Passover background behind the Lord’s Supper, asking what it means to remember His sacrifice, recognize His body, and anticipate His return.

As we come to the communion table, what are we really doing—and why does it matter that we do it together?

Join us as we go deeper into the history, meaning, and significance of communion.

Jesus handed his disciples bread and a cup on the night he was betrayed and told them to keep doing it until he came back. Christians have disagreed for five hundred years about what happens when we do — and Paul warned the Corinthians that taking it carelessly had made some of them sick. This week we ask what we're actually receiving, why it was never meant to be private, and then we take it together.

From our "Sacred Things" series • Danny Strange

Baptism isn’t a reward for finally getting your life together—it’s a first step of obedience for those who trust in Jesus. In this episode, we explore baptism as a public pledge of faith and a visible sign of God’s grace. Discover how going beneath the water and rising again points to the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.

Baptism is the moment you go public. Paul says it's a burial and a resurrection, and Peter says it's a pledge — which raises real questions about why we baptize believers instead of infants, why we put you all the way under, and what to do if you're not sure the first one counted. This week we go to the water, and then we baptize.

From our "Sacred Things" series • Austin Payne

What makes something sacred? In this episode, we explore the meaning of sacraments and how baptism and communion serve as visible signs that point us to God’s invisible grace and the finished work of Jesus. We also unpack why these two practices hold such an important place in the Christian faith.

The capstone of the entire journey: fully known, completely held. There is nowhere you can go where God is not — and that is the ground beneath every honest prayer the Psalms have taught us to pray. Honest to God Lens: The soul that has spoken honestly to God arrives at the only place it was always headed — fully known, fully held.

From our "Sacred Things" series • Danny Strange