This is part 15 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Qoheleth (Solomon) has used the term “under the sun” 26 times to indicate that we are under a curse. He used the word “hebel” more than 35 times. Everything is out of balance under the sun. Some...
This is part 14 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. When I was in my late 20’s, my mentor told me not to strive to accomplish everything under the sun right now, and that I would likely become my most productive in my 60’s. The 20’s and 30’s are...
This is part 13 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Life is unpredictable. You can do everything Proverbs suggests and lose your life to a wicked king, a car accident, or a natural disaster. Conversely, you can be wicked and prosper—for now (but...
This is part 12 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Solomon is back to his old (good) ways again. In Ecclesiastes 10, he uses proverbs to teach nuggets of wisdom. This means that though hebel effects everything, it doesn’t negate everything. So...
This is part 4 of a many-part blog series on the book of Ecclesiastes. In modern parlance, Solomon “did us a solid” (or did us a great favor). Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 documents Solomon’s foray into chasing after meaning by any means possible. This section is intensely...
This is post 9 of 9 in a series about the book of Jeremiah. Data is a tricky thing. When people say, “the data doesn’t lie,” I often wonder how hard they’ve looked. True, the bare facts of the data technically don’t lie, but it’s actually fairly easy to make a large...
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