Key Idea Religious integrity and sexual integrity are very closely related because both the self-righteous and the libertine deceive themselves. The man or woman who is just knows themselves to be a sinner and fears God. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom as well as true freedom. Read more

Key Idea Just as prosperity is not necessarily a blessing (6:1-12), so adversity is not necessarily a bad thing (7:1-12), and God has appointed them both according to His own purpose (7:14-15). Read more

Key Idea Learning to be content with the circumstances in which God has placed each of us according to His sovereign plan is the first step to enjoying the good things in life God has given you. Read more

Key Idea God is thoroughly in control of every aspect of the world He has created, and yet there are enough apparent inconsistencies and injustices to make a thinking man question whether God is sovereign, whether He is just, or whether He even cares. Read more

Key Idea The anxiety, frustration and emptiness which everyone experiences in a sin-wrecked world underscores that God is very much in control and He intends to use the emptiness of life lived without Him to drive you to Himself. Read more

Key Idea Like the Rolling Stones said, we can’t get no satisfaction from any created thing, no matter how cunning, debased, debauched or industrious we become. Read more

Key Idea The Book of Ecclesiastes is neither self-contradictory nor a desperate cry of frustration implying nihilism. Read more