Finding Enjoyment in life.Ecclesiastes 2:24-26“A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This, too, I see, is from the hand of God.”How do we find joy in a d...  Read More

Evaluating our Career“For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?”Ecclesiastes 2:18-23In creation, God assigned the responsibility to care for the ...  Read More

The Limits of WisdomEcclesiastes 2:1-17“And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.”If following God does not protect us from the hardships of life, then what is the point?  Sometimes...  Read More

The Futility of Pleasure“I said to myself, ‘Come now, I will test you with pleasure.  So enjoy yourself.’ And behold, it too was futility.”  In his pursuit of meaning and purpose in life, Solomon emba...  Read More

The Endless Pursuit of WisdomEcclesiastes 1:12-18“And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after the wind.”You do not know until you know t...  Read More

Finding Meaning in the doldrums of life.Ecclesiastes 1:3-11“What advantage does man have in all his work which he does under the Sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains f...  Read More

Finding Lasting Purpose in LifeEcclesiastes 1:1-2“Vanity of Vanities! All is vanity.”For the modern reader, the book of Ecclesiastes remains perplexing and confusing.  How do we understand a book that...  Read More

Learning the Joy of GivingPhil. 4:15-23“Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increasing to your account.”One of the hardest things to do is surrender our finances to the mi...  Read More

Discovering ContentmentPhil. 4:10-15“Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstance I am.In his classic work, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Jeremiah B...  Read More

Thinking Rightly.Phil 4:8-9“Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” What we think is what we become.  To tra...  Read More

Cure for AnxietyPhilippians 4:4-7“rejoice in the Lord always…be anxious for nothing.”At first glance, it seems Paul is concluding his letter with several concise, unrelated statements.  In these verse...  Read More

Responding to ConflictPhil 4:1-3“I urge Euodia and urge Syntyche to live in harmony in the Lord.”           One of the myths people have is that Christians should never have conflict.  While it is tru...  Read More