Bucket Full of Grace

  Ecclesiastes Sermon #9 The Meaning of Life: The Authentic Life Chapter 7 Introduction  Good morning! This week we are continuing our series in Ecclesiastes called The Meaning of Life with chapter 7: The Authentic Life. Where do we go to find wisdom, meaning, and purpose? What is the point of all our accomplishments? Where is our hope when our life is met with failure or even simple toil and boredom? Is this all there is to life? Solomon has found throughout Ecclesiastes in his grand experiment of life under the sun that all seems to be vanity, a chasing after the wind, as he struggles to find his purpose and meaning, apart from God. Some people doing this experiment would conclude that  “all of life is meaningless and nothing matters” which is called nihilism; but Solomon and us conclude that it’s because of God as the source of all meaning, and goodness, as we live the life we are given, that EVERYTHING matters! AND IMPORTANTLY, many things that the world puts on the b...

The Meaning of Life: Ecclesiastes Sermon #8: God Gives the Power to Enjoy. Recap: This is the 8th installment of our series on Ecclesiastes.  All the previous sermons in the series are available online in video and in written form if you’d like to catch up with us.  We have been going through line by line/ verse by verse and really trying to get a depth of understanding of this book which some have said is a tough book or even a depressing book.  We want to see Jesus in these pages and see how Solomon is trying to show us the meaning of life. We have seen that throughout that Solomon, the wisest, richest, most powerful man in history has committed his life to a grand experiment of finding out the meaning of life.  He has asked all the questions that we would ask and tried everything to the highest degree possible.  He has tried riches, fame, sex, comedy, accomplishments, the arts, architecture, wars, being the most handsome, all the best foods and intoxications...