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A Poem About Old Age

  • Lesson 13 for the week of March 24 to March 31, 2007
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Background Considerations Since aging and death await us all, what is the point in believing in an Eternal God? As the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes is nearing the end of his book he...

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No Excuse for Being Inactive!

  • Lesson 12 for the week of March 17 to March 24, 2007
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Background Considerations Do you feel confused by some puzzling statements about life from the Book of Ecclesiastes? Are you tempted to be inactive because life sometimes does not make sense? Ecclesiastes 11 teaches that neither...

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Flies in the Perfume

  • Lesson 11 for the week of March 10 to March 17, 2007
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Background Considerations What do people mean when they say that one rotten apple ruins the whole barrel? Since ancient times, people have come to realize the power of influence. The author of Ecclesiastes states that...

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Is Life Unfair?

  • Lesson 10 for the week of March 3 to March 10, 2007
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Background Considerations Why are we so sensitive to acts of injustice? Deep within us there is a voice that tells us when something is not just or right. The author of Ecclesiastes, once more, talks...

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The Abuse of Power and Grace

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 24 to March 3, 2007
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Background Considerations Have you heard people when commenting about events around them say: “It’s all about power.” Jesus once said: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high...

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Wisdom as a Shelter

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 17 to February 24, 2007
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Background Considerations If you were given choice between money, on the one hand, or wisdom, on the other, which one would you take? Proverbs 4:7 says: “Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost...

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Common Destiny for All

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 10 to February 17, 2007
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Background Considerations How should we view death: As an evil or as a blessing? In our culture today there are different views on what happens to us when we die. Most often people talk of...

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The Dark Side of Life

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 27 to February 3, 2007
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Background Considerations How are we to relate to painful experiences we sometimes have to go through? Can they teach us some profound dimensions of life? American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote: “Ecclesiastes is the greatest single...

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The Catalog of Times

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 20 to January 27, 2007
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Background Considerations Have you ever lived in a culture in which people explain all life’s coincidences by saying: “It was written (that it should happen that way).” Among the neighboring nations of ancient Israel, there...

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In Pursuit of Pleasure and Wisdom

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 13 to January 20, 2007
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Background Considerations Human lives are filled with complexities and apparent contradictions. Certain biblical passages talk straight about life’s toughest issues. The author of Ecclesiastes asks his readers: “Isn’t life meaningless since in the end we...

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When Life Appears to be Meaningless

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 6 to January 13, 2007
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Background Considerations What happens when we overvalue our accomplishments in wisdom, wealth or pleasure? The author of Ecclesiastes was very successful in life and he claims to have tasted pretty much everything that life has...

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What is the Purpose of Life?

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 30 to January 6, 2007
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Background Considerations Does life have a meaning? I have known some people who would never dare to ask this question. Some of those people are very religious. Yet, there are parts of the Bible that...

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