THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE

Posted by on Jul 15, 2009 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; July 15, 2009 Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 Theme: “Wisdom”, limited to life under the sun, cannot satisfactorily answer the ultimate questions of life. The great thesis of Solomon’s book is found in 1:2-3; “‘Vanity of vanities,’ says the Preacher; ‘Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.’ What profit has a man from all his labor in...
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VANITY UNDER THE SUN

Posted by on Jul 8, 2009 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; July 8, 2009 Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 Theme: Solomon sets forth the thesis of his address: Measured strictly ‘under the sun’, all of life is ‘vanity’. OZYMANDIAS Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter’d visage...
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AND NOW, A WORD FROM THE PREACHER . . .

Posted by on Jun 24, 2009 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; June 24, 2009 Ecclesiastes—Introduction Theme: Solomon sets forth the thesis of his address: Measured strictly ‘under the sun’, all of life is ‘vanity’. The book of Ecclesiastes was written by King Solomon. The view of most commentators is that either someone wrote it as if playing the role of Solomon, or that a group of people collected the...
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THE UNFINSHED CLOSING CHAPTER

Posted by on Jun 10, 2009 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; June 10, 2009 Acts 28:1-31 Theme: This chapter describes Paul’s arrival to and witness in Rome. Paul’s journey to Rome was a long and harrowing one. But the Lord made a promise to him; “Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome” (Acts 23:11). And in this closing chapter of the...
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A SHINING LIGHT IN THE STORM

Posted by on May 27, 2009 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; May 27, 2009 Acts 27:1-44 Theme: The story of Paul’s shipwreck puts his character as a missionary on display. Chapters 21-26 have described Paul’s journey from the uproar in Jerusalem to his witness at Rome. It has been an exciting but trouble-filled journey—and throughout, it has been a proof of the promise the Lord Jesus had made concerning him in Acts...
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THE WITNESS BEFORE KINGS

Posted by on May 13, 2009 in PM Bible Study | 0 comments PM Home Bible Study Group; May 13, 2009 Acts 25:1-26:32 Theme: Before he was sent to Rome, God used Paul to give a gospel appeal to the Jewish king Agrippa II. It would be hard to imagine how difficult things must have been for Paul, when last we read of him in Acts. He had spent two years of waiting for a decision to be made concerning his case by Governor Felix—those two years occupied,...
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