Ecclesiastes
Old Testament · Wisdom · 13 chapter studies · 13 narrated · Total audio: 4 hrs 9 min
Read Ecclesiastes in canonical sequence.
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- Intro Ecclesiastes - General Introduction Ecclesiastes is not a book of despair. It is a book that refuses to let the soul live by illusions.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 - Vanity of Vanities and the Weariness under the Sun Ecclesiastes opens by stripping away every flattering illusion the fallen heart tells itself.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26 - Wisdom, Pleasure, Wealth, and the King's Experiment Ecclesiastes now moves from thesis to experiment.
- 3 Ecclesiastes 3 - A Time for Everything and Eternity in the Heart Ecclesiastes 3 teaches that time belongs to God, not to us.
- 4 Ecclesiastes 4 - Oppression, Envy, Solitude, and Companionship Ecclesiastes 4 turns from private dissatisfaction to social pain.
- 5 Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 - Few Words before God Ecclesiastes 5:1 7 teaches that worship is not noise but reverence.
- 5 Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12 - Wealth That Cannot Save Ecclesiastes 5:8 6:12 exposes wealth as a false savior.
- 7 Ecclesiastes 7 - Sorrow, Wisdom, and the Straightness God Made Ecclesiastes 7 is not a chapter against joy.
- 8 Ecclesiastes 8 - Authority, Judgment, and Hidden Providence Ecclesiastes 8 teaches wisdom under authority, injustice, delayed judgment, death, and hidden providence.
- 9 Ecclesiastes 9 - Death, Joy, and Faithfulness in Ordinary Gifts Ecclesiastes 9 faces the blunt fact that death overtakes both righteous and wicked, wise and foolish, clean and unclean.
- 10 Ecclesiastes 10 - Folly in Public Life and the Weight of Words Ecclesiastes 10 is a chapter about small folly with large consequences.
- 11 Ecclesiastes 11 - Risk, Generosity, and Sowing before the Unknown Ecclesiastes 11 calls the soul away from paralysis.
- 12 Ecclesiastes 12 - Remember Your Creator and Fear God Ecclesiastes 12 is the book's final gathering of the soul.