Generally speaking, reading the Bible is a good idea. But almost as soon as we crack open its pages (or open an app!) we’re faced with very real questions about what we’re reading: Where did this come from? Who wrote this? What does it mean to say this book is ‘inspired’? Answering these and other important questions is the first step to learning how to read the Bible for all it’s worth.

Scripture: Romans 8:1-17

Series: How to Read The Bible

After searching for meaning and purpose in life, the Teacher in Ecclesiastes ran into a wall when he considered that every one of us dies in the end. The wisest of the wise struggled to make sense of what it means to live a good life when death awaits us all, so what hope do we have when we, too, consider our mortality?

Series: Everything is Meaningless

Scripture: Eccl.9:1-4, 7-9a

In the familiar words of the Teacher in Ecclesiastes, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” The notion that everything has its time and place can be comforting, but it can also be concerning, especially when it comes to those aspects of life we try to avoid.

Series: Everything is Meaningless

Scripture: Eccl.3:1-8

Perhaps the way to discovering a meaningful and fulfilling life is through wisdom and understanding—the more we know, the better off we’ll be. In many ways this makes sense, but as the Teacher in Ecclesiastes discovered, sometimes knowledge brings its own challenges.

Scripture: Eccl.1:12-18

Series: Everything is Meaningless

Stuff, stuff, and more stuff. When it comes to finding meaning in life, we are constantly promised that just a little more of this or a little more of that will do the trick. But when the Teacher in Ecclesiastes spared no expense and denied himself nothing a man could desire, what was the result?

Series: Everything is Meaningless

Scripture: Eccl.2:1-6, 7b-8a, 9-11

The  author of the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes wrestles with some of  life’s deeper conundrums, wondering if, in the end, everything we do  only amounts to ‘chasing after the wind.’ What is the value of our daily  work when it often brings us so much stress? How can we find meaning in  the midst of our labour?

Series: Everything is Meaningless

Scripture: Eccl.1:1-4; 2:17b-23

The author of the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes wrestles with some of life’s deeper conundrums, wondering if, in the end, everything we do only amounts to ‘chasing after the wind.’ What is the value of our daily work when it often brings us so much stress? How can we find meaning in the midst of our labour?

Series: Everything is Meaningless

Scripture: Eccl.1:1-4; 2:17b-23

Series: Titus—A Public Faith

Scripture: Titus 3

Speaking: Christin Taylor

Series: Titus - A Public Faith

Scripture: Titus 2

Jesus chose the local nobody, Mary, as the first witness to the resurrection, and followed that up by sending out his band of unbelieving disciples with the task of spreading the good news. Even if we can’t exactly “go out” ourselves these days, we can celebrate Jesus’ resurrection with joy and let that joy seep out through the cracks into a world in desperate need of some good news!

Scripture: Mark 16:1-20