THE FUTILITY OF LIFE (1 OF 10)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
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The Futility of Life
The Good Life
Tim Badal
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
It's a pleasure to have each and every one of you with us. My name is Pastor Tim, and I have the great privilege of opening up God's Word with morning. If you're new to church, you picked the right Sunday to be here, as we open a new series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Grab your Bible and turn to the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, smack dab in the middle of the Old Testament, right after the book of Psalms and Proverbs. This is a 12-chapter book that we're going to be studying for the next 12 weeks. Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick, said upon reading this book, "It was the most honest book ever written." We're going to explore it, seek to understand it, then apply it to our lives.
Some of the greatest books ever written are not works of fiction or books about someone's life, but rather are diaries. My favorite presidential biography is the personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. Reading things they put on paper from their own mind and heart, without any translation by someone else, is something really awesome.
When we talk about diaries or memoirs, another one that comes to mind is the diary of a young girl named Anne Frank. It's a powerful and intimate story, one she never dreamed would be read by millions of people generations later. She wrote the intimate details of her own life and what it was like to be a Jewish girl under Nazi occupation. It's raw, personal and often uncomfortable to read. Although it's mandatory reading in our schools, we have come to realize it is not easy to swallow. It brings us to a place of reality. No matter where we're living now, the reality of evil and the reality of what she experienced is more than we can bear.
Like the diary of Anne Frank, Ecclesiastes is that kind of book. It's raw, intimate and personal - and it's altogether negative. It's hard to read. We can walk away wondering what the purpose of life is, if this is all it entails. We' ...
The Good Life
Tim Badal
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
It's a pleasure to have each and every one of you with us. My name is Pastor Tim, and I have the great privilege of opening up God's Word with morning. If you're new to church, you picked the right Sunday to be here, as we open a new series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Grab your Bible and turn to the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, smack dab in the middle of the Old Testament, right after the book of Psalms and Proverbs. This is a 12-chapter book that we're going to be studying for the next 12 weeks. Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick, said upon reading this book, "It was the most honest book ever written." We're going to explore it, seek to understand it, then apply it to our lives.
Some of the greatest books ever written are not works of fiction or books about someone's life, but rather are diaries. My favorite presidential biography is the personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. Reading things they put on paper from their own mind and heart, without any translation by someone else, is something really awesome.
When we talk about diaries or memoirs, another one that comes to mind is the diary of a young girl named Anne Frank. It's a powerful and intimate story, one she never dreamed would be read by millions of people generations later. She wrote the intimate details of her own life and what it was like to be a Jewish girl under Nazi occupation. It's raw, personal and often uncomfortable to read. Although it's mandatory reading in our schools, we have come to realize it is not easy to swallow. It brings us to a place of reality. No matter where we're living now, the reality of evil and the reality of what she experienced is more than we can bear.
Like the diary of Anne Frank, Ecclesiastes is that kind of book. It's raw, intimate and personal - and it's altogether negative. It's hard to read. We can walk away wondering what the purpose of life is, if this is all it entails. We' ...
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