Our Sunday Messages

Ecclesiastes 1:4-18 Everything is meaningless Life is an endless cycle (4-7) Solomon points to 4 timeless facts to back up his claim Earth (v4) Sun (v5) Wind (v6) Sea (v7) The voice of ‘science’ Reminds me of “Uniformitarianism” Became popular in 1830 by Lyell (Geology) and Darwin (Biology) What is the practical application of this book for us today? Is Ecclesiastes nothing but an interesting exhibit in a religious museum, or does it have a message for people in the Space Age? Its message is for today. After all, the society which Solomon investigated a millennium before the birth of Christ was not too different from our world today. Solomon saw injustice to the poor (4:1-3), crooked politics (5:8), incompetent leaders (10:6-7), guilty people allowed to commit more crime (8:11), materialism (5:10), and a desire for “the good old days” (7:10). It sounds up-to-date, doesn’t it?” Page 480, The Bible Exposition Commentary, Warren W. Wiersbe “Nothing is changed” Is life really an endless cycle? Outside of God’s w