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When all of the pessimism is laid aside, Ecclesiastes is a book about God. With all of the talk about our lives, our decisions, and our legacy, it is all meaningless apart from relationship with God. The pundit makes it clear to us that this life is not simply a cause and effect reality for […]

This is the forth installment of the rhythm sermons from the pundit. In this one, the pundit gives more clarity to how we live out life in this world in our words and ways. He focuses on the battle that we face in this life and how to make sure that our weapons are sharpened […]

One of the problems with postmodern culture is that it does not value what it throws away. In other words, we are often quick to purge things we deem invaluable without thinking through whether or not we have a something to replace what we have just removed. The pundit does not give us this option. […]

The pundit has established the need for Christians to control their natural inclination to become rigid in their interactions with the world. By loosening our postures, we are freed up to look for the ‘situational wisdom’ in every place we find ourselves. The pundit follows his treatise with some more specific direction on how we […]

The pundit gave us an overview of the benefits of being connected to God? The reality of this world doesn’t create a clean distinction. Righteous people suffer and Wicked people thrive. The reason for this is best described in a theological term: common grace. This means that God is working in all people through His […]

We saw in chapter 3 that God makes a time for everything, forcing us to find meaning in even the things that seem completely unnecessary and even harsh from an earthly perspective. In this chapter the pundit helps us to place all of these varying ‘times’ into our decision-making process. In other words, there is […]

The pundit once again spends time pointing to the inevitable letdown of placing your hopes in the work of your hands or the accumulation of wealth. This time, however, he gives an alternative to both indulgence and abstinence. He tells us to view the things of this world as ‘gifts from God.’ Specifically, he is […]

Once again the pundit pulls back and gives us a glimpse of a life worth living. This time he focuses, not on the rhythm of earthly life, but on our relationship with God. He is pointing out here that how we relate to God matters. We were created in a very specific order; when sin […]

We live in a world where we are more connected to one another than human beings have ever been but we are also lonelier. Companionship is not simply the presence of people or the accessibility to another voice; it is to belong. Our loneliness comes, not from not having enough people, but from the feeling […]