YOUTH & THE DAYS TO COME

Posted by on Aug 25, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; August 25, 2010 Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:8 Theme: Solomon advises that, in the light of coming days of old age, people remember their Creator in their youth. (Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are taken from The Holy Bible, New King James Version; copyright 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc.) In this section, Solomon continues to give sound, practical advice to his...
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SOWING UNDER THE SUN

Posted by on Jul 14, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; July 14, 2010 Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 Theme: Solomon, in this chapter, offers insights into the kind of wisdom that is better than strength—but despised by the strong. In this section of his book, Solomon has been dealing with a matter that was a great frustration to him. The ways of humble wisdom are truly excellent; but its excellencies are despised in a world...
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THOUGHTS ON WISDOM AND FOLLY (Part 1)

Posted by on Jun 9, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; June 9, 2010 Ecclesiastes 10:1-10 Theme: Solomon, in this chapter, offers insights into the kind of wisdom that is better than strength—but despised by the strong. Solomon had made the case, in 9:13-18, that though wisdom is far better than foolishness, it is nevertheless far from respected as such ‘under the sun’. It is, as we characterized in our last...
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HUMBLE WISDOM – MIGHTY, BUT FORGOTTEN

Posted by on May 26, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; May 26, 2010 Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 Theme: In this passage, Solomon reflects on the frustrating fact that—’under the sun’—men are easily forgetful of the power of the wisdom they often benefit from. Solomon, in this section of his book, is continuing his presentation of counsel in the light of the conclusions he has thus far drawn concerning life...
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THE GREAT APPOINTMENT

Posted by on May 12, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; May 12, 2010 Ecclesiastes 9:2-12 Theme: This passage describes Solomon’s counsel living life in light of the fact that our life “under the sun” will one day be brought to an end. Every person has an appointment to keep. There’s no way that anyone can excuse themselves from it, because it is an appointment that must be kept by all. There’s...
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GOD'S UNSEARCHABLE PURPOSES

Posted by on Apr 28, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; April 28, 2010 Ecclesiastes 8:14-9:1 Theme: This passage describes Solomon’s counsel in the light of God’s unsearchable purposes in the events of life. In the third century B.C., an Athenian philosopher named Epicurus founded a school of thought based on—for his time, anyway—a radically ‘materialistic’ view of life. It viewed all...
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