TOIL G. Campbell Morgan: Ecclesiastes is an inspired confession of failure and pessimism, when God is excluded, when man lives under the sun, and forgets the larger part, which is always over the sun, the eternal and abiding things. If you want to know what a man of great privilege and of great learning and … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

MYSELF Derek Kidner: A wisp of vapor, a puff of wind, a mere breath – nothing you could get your hands on; the nearest thing to zero. That is the vanity that this book is all about. This airy nothingness is not seen as a mere flicker on the surface of things, where it might … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11

VANITY Qoheleth forces us to look at the brevity of life and our attempts to find meaning. He forces us to reassess our values and our pursuits.   Just as order points to an orderly Creator, just as a longing for justice points to One who is truly righteous, so does disappointment with the temporal … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 1:1-11