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Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes: Foundations for Expository Sermons is unavailable, but you can change that!

As Sidney Greidanus points out, the biblical book of Ecclesiastes is especially relevant for our contemporary culture because it confronts such secular enticements as materialism, hedonism, cut-throat competition, and self-sufficiency. But how can preachers best convey the ancient Teacher’s message to congregations today? A respected expert in both hermeneutics and homiletics, Greidanus does...

thirty-eight times but is balanced by his frequent use of the word “good/goodness” (fifty-one times) and his sixfold encouragement to fear God (3:14; 5:7; 7:18; 8:12–13 [3 x]). This leads to an editor’s final summary of the quest for meaning: “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone” (12:13). Through many stops and starts to find meaning in life, the pattern in Ecclesiastes progresses to this final, seventh, exhortation,
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