Sometimes in life we just want to throw our hands up in the air and give up. Things don't work out the way we had planned, or life just seems to be surrounding us with trouble. In this series we take a look at the book of Ecclesiastes as it relates to our lives and the struggles we face.
The narrator of Ecclesiastes is a nameless person who calls himself a “Teacher,” and identifies himself as the current king of Israel and a son of King David. The Teacher opens with the exclamation, “Vanity of vanities . . . ! All is vanity” (1:2). He laments that everything in life is endless and meaningless—especially human toil and the cycles of nature—for nothing is ever truly new on earth. As the wisest man in Jerusalem, the Teacher feels he is cursed with the unhappy task of discerning wisdom, for he has seen “all the deeds that are done under the sun” (1:14). In a mixture of prose and verse, the Teacher compiles his studies, hypotheses, and proverbs regarding wisdom.
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Week 1 - Been There, Done That: The Search For Meaning January 16th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 2 - Been There, Done That: Life In the Fast Lane February 13th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 3 - Been There, Done That: Timing Is Everything February 20th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 4 - Been There, Done That: Alone at the Top February 27th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 5 - Been There, Done That: Made to Worship March 6th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 6 - Been There, Done That: When Life Doesn't Make Sense March 20th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 7 - Been There, Done That: Don't Be A Fool March 27th, 2011
Pastor Mark Tuso
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Week 8 - Been There, Done That: Living Under Authority April 3rd, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 9 - Been There, Done That: An Issue of Life and Death June 5th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 10 - Been There, Done That: Wise Beyond Words June 12th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 11 - Been There, Done That: No Risk, No Rewards July 17th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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Week 12 - Been There, Done That: Before It's Too Late July 24th, 2011
Pastor Jim Perdue
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