Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 7:19-29), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [19-20, 29; see also Genesis 6:5; Romans 3:10-12] The Christian doctrine of “Total Depravity” is well defined here by Ecclesiastes: “Surely there is not a righteous [person] on earth who does… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 7:13-18), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [13] In his sovereign and good purposes, God has brought about “whatsoever comes to pass” (Westminster Confession of Faith 3.1), including all the “crooked” things in the world and in your… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 7:1-12), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-2] God’s good wisdom is otherworldly; it is not a wisdom common to this world, not a wisdom that can be attained apart from God’s revelation. It is only a wisdom that… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 6), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [1-3] Sometimes God gives good gifts to a man but “does not give him power to enjoy them,” so “his soul is not satisfied with life’s good things.” Why would Ecclesiastes… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 5:8-20), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [8] It has been said that Christians should be the “least shockable” people. We know what God says sinful people are like in a fallen world, so we shouldn’t be surprised… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (The Song of Solomon 8:6-7), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… In the Bible, “death” means separation from God and each other—it threatens to bring an end to love and all good relationships. This is the choice we’ve made… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 4:13 – 5:7), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [4:13-16] In this proverbial illustration, the old and foolish king had forgotten how to take advice, but the poor youth was wise (maintained teachability, humility before God) and was… Read more »

Here are some questions based on last Sunday’s sermon text (Ecclesiastes 4:4-12), in case they’re helpful to you for personal growth or group discussion… [4] If “envy” is a motive that drives us at all (at least at some point) in our work, it means we motivate ourselves through the brokenness of our relationships, because… Read more »