HOW (NOT) TO FIND MEANING (33)
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
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How (Not) to Find Meaning (33)
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
Introduction
I'm a sucker for any sort of treasure hunt kind of story or movie. I've mentioned to you before my love of the Goonies, but the movie doesn't stand alone. As silly as they may be, I enjoyed the two National Treasure movies, I really enjoyed the first Pirates of the Caribbean film; as a Humphrey Bogart fan I love The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. But let's be honest, the greatest treasure hunt movie has to be a tie between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Those two movies are the type of movies that if I see them on T.V. I always end up stopping whatever I'm doing to watch.
I love treasure hunt movies, as I think most people do. It's the perfect balance of mystery, intrigue, danger, drama, and comedy. More than anything such movies reinforce the common proverb that it's not the destination but the journey which is more important. That's what you're really watching to see; once the heroes find the treasure well then, shoot, the movie is over, fade to black. It following our protagonist along the way, through various obstacles and challenges, that's what captivates us.
I say all of this because this journey for treasure is exactly what we have in the book of Ecclesiastes. Our hero, (if you can call him that) the Preacher, he is journeying for the greatest treasure in life to be found. It's not the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant, or gold and jewels. He is searching for the meaning of life. And so that's what this whole book is really about: his quest to find meaning, to figure out what is the point of everything. We saw this in our introduction to the book last week, and here this morning we watch his first exploration.
The problem throughout this book is that we'll keep finding the Preacher come up empty in his search. Everything he explores, every aspect of l ...
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
Introduction
I'm a sucker for any sort of treasure hunt kind of story or movie. I've mentioned to you before my love of the Goonies, but the movie doesn't stand alone. As silly as they may be, I enjoyed the two National Treasure movies, I really enjoyed the first Pirates of the Caribbean film; as a Humphrey Bogart fan I love The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. But let's be honest, the greatest treasure hunt movie has to be a tie between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Those two movies are the type of movies that if I see them on T.V. I always end up stopping whatever I'm doing to watch.
I love treasure hunt movies, as I think most people do. It's the perfect balance of mystery, intrigue, danger, drama, and comedy. More than anything such movies reinforce the common proverb that it's not the destination but the journey which is more important. That's what you're really watching to see; once the heroes find the treasure well then, shoot, the movie is over, fade to black. It following our protagonist along the way, through various obstacles and challenges, that's what captivates us.
I say all of this because this journey for treasure is exactly what we have in the book of Ecclesiastes. Our hero, (if you can call him that) the Preacher, he is journeying for the greatest treasure in life to be found. It's not the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant, or gold and jewels. He is searching for the meaning of life. And so that's what this whole book is really about: his quest to find meaning, to figure out what is the point of everything. We saw this in our introduction to the book last week, and here this morning we watch his first exploration.
The problem throughout this book is that we'll keep finding the Preacher come up empty in his search. Everything he explores, every aspect of l ...
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