What Does Ecclesiastes 1:2 Mean?

What Does Ecclesiastes 1:2 Mean? – “Ecclesiastes reveals the necessity of fearing God in a fallen and frequently confusing and frustrating world.”

When “All Things” Don’t Feel So Good

When “All Things” Don’t Feel So Good – “We love God’s providence when it is perfectly aligned with our desires, but struggle with it when it opposes them. We find it easy to believe ‘all things work for good’ when we experience times of joy and brightness, but difficult in times of trouble and confusion.”

A God Above Means Purpose Below

A God Above Means Purpose Below – “We have meaning below because there is a God above. If there were no god above, we would have no meaning below. Trust me, this isn’t just some ‘Sunday School’ idea.”

Feeding our Longing

Feeding our Longing – “Have you ever felt like there was more to life than this? Known some sense of longing for the future?”

Most People Die on The Climb Down

Most People Die on The Climb Down – “We tend to define success by the described activity not the desired outcome. Don’t believe me? Just think about it. If someone says their goal is to climb Mount Everest, what would be the ultimate win? Making it to the top! Right? Wrong.”

 

You Can’t Do Everything & Not Everything is for Everyone

You Can’t Do Everything & Not Everything is for Everyone – “Whenever talk of something a church is doing comes up, it doesn’t take long before all the whataboutery starts. It’s great that we’re providing X, but what about Y? It’s great that X is on at this time, but what about all the people who can’t make that time?”

 

Faithful in (sm)All Things

Faithful in (sm)All Things – “But what if our influence isn’t about size but rather our calling and purpose as His disciple?”

A Christian Perspective on the Meaning of Life

A Christian Perspective on the Meaning of Life – “You were created to glorify God.”

Unlikely Fighters of the Bible

Unlikely Fighters of the Bible – “When God chooses one of us for His plan, the chosen one is often not who we might have expected. Throughout history, God has proved He uses the most unlikely people for the greatest of purposes.”

The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life: Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth

The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life: Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth – “If you were told you had five years to live, would you live more in those five years than in the decades you might have had left?”

Grace Fuels What Striving Can’t

Grace Fuels What Striving Can’t – “Why do we live our days worn out, fearful, and anxiously striving, as if we are lacking and unable to measure up?”

Why God Saved You

Why God Saved You – “God saves people for a purpose. Salvation in Christ begins a life spent growing into being like him and serving him faithfully. God forms Christians into Christ’s character and image.”

Fettered Desire

Fettered Desire – “We all intrinsically feel that we should live in a way that fulfils us, that gives us what we want. We all intrinsically know that what it means to be most authentically ourselves is to have our wants and longings met.”

The Comfort of Samson

The Comfort of Samson – “Judges is one of those books of the Bible that we tend to read at a distance. … And yet it provides some exquisite comfort to sinners like you and me (not to mention, some equally exquisite conviction to boot).”

Why Our Secular Age Needs Ecclesiastes

Why Our Secular Age Needs Ecclesiastes – “This world is desperate for answers to life’s fundamental questions. What is life about? Why is life so unjust? Why does work have to be so toilsome? How can I be happy when the world seems pointless?”

Come “Rapture” or “Rupture,” Always Do These 4

Come “Rapture” or “Rupture,” Always Do These 4 – “Jude, gave us 4 things we can/should always do, whether life feels like “rapture” or “rupture”—a ballroom dance, or Sisyphus rolling his ball up a hill.”

How to Know You’ve Become a Pharisee

How to Know You’ve Become a Pharisee – “I love this analogy Eugene Peterson shared in his book The Jesus Way.”

Holy Ambitions: The Two Aims of Hudson Taylor’s Life

Holy Ambitions: The Two Aims of Hudson Taylor’s Life – “Conformity to Christ and usefulness for Christ. These desires were far more than pious but hollow sentiments. They were the life-long holy ambitions that shaped everything about Taylor’s life and ministry.”

“Trivial Pursuit” – Fun Game, Foolish Life

“Trivial Pursuit” – Fun Game, Foolish Life – “Riches, recognition, and reputation make lousy gods, hollow relationships, and a shallow legacy.”

Why Are You Breathing? It’s Not about You

Why Are You Breathing? It’s Not about You – “We are not the gravitational center of the universe. We’re in orbit around something else, around someone else. And I believe that this someone is God.”