Dealing with emotions across political differences is the next opportunity for the church to work through division.

In the language of the teacher, we want everyone else’s season—a time to weep, a time to break down, a time to tear, a time ...

“Obey the king’s command,” advises 8:2—but not, apparently, because he is a good king. Act instead out of duty to God (v. 2), ...

In our journey through life, we encounter many who travel by our side, sharing burdens, joys and challenges alike. Yet, there are others whose path seems isolated, marked by quiet ...

For America's first 200 years – well into the 1850s – the primary if not only textbook in grammar schools was the Bible.

As I was figuring out what to do with all these stones, I was reminded of Ecclesiastes 3:5, where King Solomon writes ... and corporate events around the country and is the author of seven books, ...

It is with this intentional vulnerability that we read Koheleth (the Book of Ecclesiastes) a whole treatise on the futility of human life: All is vanity, mere vapor, a nonexistence-existence.

Sunday, November 17 to Saturday, November 23, 2024. Here are the Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week. Note ...

This book wraps its arms around our deepest fears and holds them gently. Before his untimely death in 2023, Mark Baker had ...

Of principle importance is moderation. The Book of Ecclesiastes is written for the end of life when the ravages of old age are only too apparent. “Honor your youth before the evil years come ...

I have seasons of the year when it comes to clothes, seasons that coincide with weather trends. I have sweater season in the winter, shorts and short sleeved shirts in the summer. In between I have ...

Books, like Esther and Ecclesiastes, were debated. From the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Jews at Qumran apparently read and copied Tobit, The Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch 6) and Sirach as Scripture ...