Sermons

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow… This morning’s Gospel Invitation from John 3 makes it very clear—because God loves, He gives. We serve a generous Lord who promises blessing even in a world where the days of darkness are many and when all is vanity under the sun (Ecclesiastes 11:8). This is the same […]

The “profile of foolishness” in this morning’s sermon text paints a devastating picture of our fallen world, where the vile and ugly are celebrated while the beautiful and noble are torn down (Ecclesiastes 10:6-7). Worse yet, the foolishness of the world is not limited to the society around us but penetrates our very hearts as […]

  After several chapters filled with frustration and seeming pessimism, here in today’s sermon text the Preacher of Ecclesiastes comes to some surprising conclusions: “eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart” (vs. 7), “Let your garments be always white” (vs. 8), “Enjoy life” (vs. 9). Having come to terms […]

The Westminster Confession of Faith states that “The distance between God and the creation is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of Him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God’s part…” (WCF 7.1). Here in […]

In the second half of Ecclesiastes 7, Solomon adopts the style of the book of Proverbs, with multiple aphorisms on the topic of wisdom. He compares the wisdom of God (“I turned my heart … to seek wisdom,” vs. 25) with the foolish schemes of mankind (“wickedness of folly,” also vs. 25; “they have sought […]