GOVERNMENT & THE JUSTICE OF GOD

Posted by on Apr 14, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; April 14, 2010 Ecclesiastes 8:2-13 Theme: This passage describes Solomon’s wise advice for living in the context of fallible human government while ‘under the sun’. In this evening’s passage, Solomon continues his exploration of wise living in the context of life “under the sun”. And in it, he gives counsel regarding one of the...
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THE BEAST IN ME

Posted by on Mar 24, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; March 24, 2010 Ecclesiastes 7:22-8:1 Theme: Even in the best of men, the pursuit of wisdom is hampered by the reality of sin in the human heart. Solomon continues his monumental search for wisdom “under the sun”. And in the course of his search—laying out some of the practical conclusions he came to regarding wisdom in a fallen world—he now brings us to...
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WISDOM'S WAYS IN A FALLEN WORLD

Posted by on Mar 10, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; March 10, 2010 Ecclesiastes 7:11-21 Theme: In this passage, Solomon describes the beneficial characteristics of “wisdom” from the ‘under the sun’ standpoint. In this section, Solomon seems to carry on the project that he had begun in verses 1-10; that is, of showing how, in life “under the sun”, certain practical applications...
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'THIS' IS BETTER THAN 'THAT'

Posted by on Feb 24, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; February 24, 2010 Ecclesiastes 7:1-10 Theme: As viewed from the imperfect and unjust state of life ‘under the sun’, some things are better than others. This evening’s passage begins a new section in Solomon’s book. In the first six chapters of the book he has developed his thesis that “all is vanity under the sun”. And now—after...
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THIS VAIN LIFE

Posted by on Feb 10, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; February 10, 2010 Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 Theme: Solomon sums up his examination of life “under the sun” by showing the vanity of the very life people seek to make for themselves apart from God. This evening’s passage marks the closing of Solomon’s “experimental” section of his book; and the end of his formal exploration for ...
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THE VANITY OF 'GETTING AHEAD'

Posted by on Jan 27, 2010 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; January 27, 2010 Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 Theme: Solomon presents the vanity of all the ways people try to ‘get ahead’ of one another in material things ‘under the sun’. In his continuing survey of life ‘under the sun’—seeking after ‘meaning’ without God in view—the Preacher now turns his attention to the value that may...
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