Ecclesiastes
July 7 – Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
Back to all discussion guides → Main Focus: In conclusion, Ecclesiastes is meant to goad us towards an unshakeable hope found in Christ. You made it! This week we’re wrapping up our 8-week journey through Ecclesiastes, and to close it out we’ll turn to the very end of...
June 30 – Ecclesiastes 9:7-10
Ecclesiastes has had a lot to say about our limitations, but hope in Jesus bridges the gap between our insufficiency and God’s sufficiency. We’re in the home stretch of our Ecclesiastes series! This week and next week we’ll…
June 23 – Ecclesiastes 5:10-17
Heads up: Downtown has an alternate schedule for this week and next. Here’s the guide for Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:3. Main Focus: As we saw with work, money is both a good gift and a terrible God, but our worship of God can loosen our hold…
June 16 – Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:3
Heads up: Downtown has an alternate schedule for this week and next. Here’s the guide for Ecclesiastes 5:10-17. Main Focus: Justice on earth will always be incomplete, so we hope not in human judgements but in a perfect Judge. On a list…
June 9 – Ecclesiastes 2:18-26
Main Focus: Work and vocation are good gifts that turn into terrible gods when they’re not oriented towards the one true God. Here comes another hevel. Last week the Teacher turned to earthly pleasures, and this week he’ll consider…
June 2 – Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
Main Focus: The Teacher assures us our efforts for fulfillment under the sun will ruin us, which prompts us to turn to the Lord. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes wrote a handful of millennia ago, but this week we’ll see just how much we have…
May 26 – Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
Main Focus: All our search for knowledge and wisdom leaves us wanting unless it leads us to God, the source of all wisdom. Like we said last week, the Teacher of Ecclesiastes is relentless, and over the next couple weeks we’ll see him…
Who wrote Ecclesiastes?
Ecclesiastes is easily one of the most enigmatic books of the Bible, and its mystery includes questions about the suspiciously unnamed author. Or rather, authors. We’ll get into the details below but never fear, by the conclusion you’ll see…
May 19 – Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
Main Focus: Human life is fleeting, frustrating, and confounding; the answer is to find refuge in the eternal goodness of the Triune God. Buckle up mortals, we’re starting the book of Ecclesiastes this week. We’ll spend 8 weeks looking…
Ecclesiastes: what does ‘hevel’ mean?
“Vanity of vanities,” begins the Teacher of Ecclesiastes, “all is vanity!” In a sense the rest of the book will unpack what exactly he means by walking down various avenues of attempted fulfillment and disappointment. But before we can follow…