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The Bible is both the inspired word of God for his people, whether in biblical times or for the church today, and a fully human book, written in a variety of cultural settings. The Apollos Old Testament Commentary aims to take with equal seriousness the divine and human aspects of Scripture. This volume by Daniel J. Estes and Daniel J. Estes expounds the books of Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs...

We certainly more than sympathize with the question ‘What is in it for me?’, for we have all literally asked the question ourselves. Why should we work so hard? What is the return? What is the point? The question is earthy, frequent and ordinary. It is not ethereal, strange or philosophical. The question is natural because the curse was not. We were created for labour but not laborious labour, according to Genesis. If toil accompanied by sweat and grief was how our work was reprogrammed by a just
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