A sermon in our Doctrine Sunday series from the Baptist Faith & Message (Article 14).

The Big Idea: Churches and individual members should work together in appropriate ways to advance God’s Kingdom.

All cooperative ministry between churches must be built on...

ONE FOUNDATION by

MANY BUILDERS for

ONE TEMPLE

True joy only comes through peace with God.

We will experience revival when we build our souls on three foundation stones of truth:

PAST GRACE

PRESENT FAITH

FUTURE HOPE

Believers need and desire constant communion with God for three reasons...

HE IS OUR SHELTER

HE IS OUR STRENGTH

HE IS OUR SATISFACTION

Here's the final sermon from Ecclesiastes. The Preacher gives us FOUR BALANCED DIRECTIONS to prevent us from living a life of sinful self-protection:

TAKE CHANCES (BUT REMEMBER GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING)

FOLLOW YOUR HEART (BUT NOT INTO SIN)

DON'T WASTE YOUR YOUTH (BUT OLDER FOLKS AREN'T DEAD YET)

GO DEEP (BUT STAY PRACTICAL)

We are not at the mercy of blind chance because God is ruling all things, so we must live by faith.

This truth leads us to three practical instructions:

REST IN GOD'S GRACE

ENJOY YOUR LIFE

LIVE BY WISDOM

We're continuing to discover things under the sun that are NOT the key to life.

Today, it's satisfying our appetites.

THE PROBLEM: SATISFACTION ELUDES US (6:1-7:15)

THE CAUSE: SIN WEAKENS US (7:16-29)

THE SOLUTION: SUBMISSION RESCUES US (8:1-15)

The dangers of COMPETITION versus the beauties of COMPANIONSHIP

The second of six sermons from the Book of Ecclesiastes addresses three questions skeptics might ask in light of the fact that God is sovereign over everything.

WHY DO ANY WORK?

WHY DO THE WICKED RULE?

WHY DO WE DIE LIKE ANIMALS?

We examine the believers' biblical answers to each of these questions.

The Key to Life Series walks through the Book of Ecclesiastes in six sermons.

Hypocrisy is far more destructive than we might realize, so we must battle it. Three dangers of hypocrisy

HYPOCRITES Deceive the Lost

HYPOCRITES Discredit the Faith

HYPOCRITES Destroy Themselves