Deep Talks | Cultural Theology with Paul Anleitner

A Sermon on Ecclesiastes | Is Everything Meaningless?

Feb 15, 2022

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The Teacher of Ecclesiastes, Chapter Two

03:15

The Retribution Principle Doesn't Work 100% of the Time

03:00

Ecclesiastes One - The Teacher

02:43

Introduction

4min

Are You Going to Do a Pattern Recognition Problem?

2min

Ecclesiastes One - The Teacher

3min

The Problem of Coherence

2min

Why Did Bad Things Happen to Good People?

3min

The Book of Proverbs - The Retribution Principle

2min

The Retribution Principle Doesn't Work 100% of the Time

3min

Is There a Pattern in Life?

2min

The Teacher of Ecclesiastes, Chapter Two

3min

10.

What Is the Path of Wisdom?

2min

11.

The Teacher of Ecclesiastes Offers Positive Wisdom

4min

12.

The Little Gifts of Life

3min

13.

The Teacher of Ecclesiastes Says, Enjoy God's Gift of Life

2min

14.

Taking a Moment to Write Down a Prayer

4min

15.

The Gift of God

1min

16.

God, We Give Yo Thanks for These Little Gifts in Front of Us

2min

Today's episode is also available as a video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/h_fL-zlqyfE

In today's episode, I'm sharing a sermon on one of my favorite books of the Bible. How does the ancient book of Ecclesiastes provide timeless wisdom even as we wrestle with our modern meaning-crisis? Is everything meaningless?

For one of the core sources I draw upon in this sermon, you can check out this scholarly paper on Ecclesiastes here:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/harvard-theological-review/article/abs/meaning-of-life-in-ecclesiastes-coherence-purpose-and-significance-from-a-psychological-perspective/6F176FEDB39125D1B71AAB25E352E0E5

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