What does it matter if you have everything when you have no one to share it with? In this episode, John Horning discusses Solomon’s teaching on one of the most essential ingredients to experiencing all the blessing that life has to offer.

How can you offer a gift to God that He will accept? What gift does God want? And how do you deal with sin before it dominates your life, or how do you deal with sin that already dominates you life? In this episode, John Horning discusses some of the lessons that we learn from […]

Have you ever been afflicted by or watched the affliction of wealthy or otherwise powerful people? Have you ever gone to work not for the paycheck but to beat your neighbors or coworkers? In this episode, John Horning discusses Solomon’s evaluation and recommendation for dealing with the corruption of human economies and rat races.

Sometimes, you can see a thing most clearly when it’s standing next to its opposite. In a similar way, God’s attributes can be made more stark when compared to the attributes of mankind. In this episode, join John Horning as he walks through David’s comparison of the wickedness of every man and the generosity of […]

The world we live in is broken. The world we live in is full of corrupt people and institutions, so how does that affect our ability to enjoy our lives? In this episode, John Horning discusses Solomon’s description of the brokenness and corruption of a world living in the shadow of Adam’s sin.

How are you supposed to enjoy your life when your life has so much that lies beyond your control? How do you deal with shifting personal and geopolitical circumstances without losing your joy? In this episode, John Horning walks through Solomon’s solution to the sovereignty of God.

Can a person believe in the doctrinal truths of the Bible if they believe that the history of the Bible is unreliable? Whether the history of the Bible is denied wholesale or in specific instances, John Horning asks what the Bible says about itself concerning history and the relationship between history and doctrine.

What in the world is “self-existence”? What could that possibly have to do with the sovereignty of God? In this episode, John Horning demonstrates that if God is self-existent, and if only God is self-existent, then it is logically necessary that God is completely sovereign over absolutely everything — even human sin.

If the pleasures that exist in life are not sufficient to find ultimate meaning, then what about the strategy of leaving a legacy? What if your name is remembered and your accomplishments stand after you? In this lesson, John Horning continues through Solomon’s explanation that even a legacy doesn’t help when you can’t enjoy it […]

How does a Christian think about the consumption of alcohol? What standards exist surrounding alcohol, and how might a Christian make decisions about drinking? In this episode, join John Horning as he discusses his own wrestling with alcohol, the black, the white, the grey, and the choices.