The Teacher slips back into despondency as he realizes all his attempts to find happiness and meaning in life come up short.

Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

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The Teacher warns us about the negative consequences of a life lived in pursuit of wealth.

Ecclesiastes 5:8-20

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The Teacher urges care and caution when we stand, speak, and make promises in God’s house.

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

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The Teacher considers how humans pursue wealth instead of relationships and how that leads to disaster personally and nationally.

Ecclesiastes 4:4-16

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The Teacher loses heart because of the pervasive injustice in the world.

Ecclesiastes 3:15-4:3

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The Teacher reflects on the full spectrum of the human experience and concludes that the fear of God leads to a life worth living.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

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The Teacher grapples with the fact that death will rob him of all his life’s work one day.

After all his achievements, experiences, and greatness, the Teacher realizes that none of it will last forever, which drives him into a deep depression.

The only way out is a good theology.

Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

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Everyone wants to live the good life. Is that such a bad thing?

The Teacher lived the good life to an extreme none of us can imagine. He had every pleasure imaginable and, in the end, he said it was all hevel – smoke that dissipated whenever he tried to grab it.

If living the good life doesn’t ultimately satisfy, what IS the meaning of life? How do we find the fulfillment we all want deep in our hearts?

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

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The Teacher invites us into his lab to show us his credentials and methodology and to give us the abstract of his research: Humans can’t figure out the meaning of life.

Ecclesiastes 1:12-18

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The Teacher reveals that humanity is stuck in a system that leaves us unfulfilled and forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 1:2-11

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