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A Life Worth Living and a Lord Worth Loving: Exposition of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon is unavailable, but you can change that!

Has life really any meaning? Our time in this world is comparatively short. The earthly stage remains, but different actors are constantly passing across it. Generations come and go, but nothing is ultimately different. This is how many people see life, and Solomon identifies with them. But is life really pointless? If not, what is its true meaning? The message of Ecclesiastes is that life is...

of it all is. Life is unsatisfying and meaningless. There is only one thing to do—to live for the moment, for the here and now. Solomon’s writing from a godly perspective begins with a proverb which is exceedingly well known, but which is notoriously difficult to explain (1). It is a case where the illustration is not clear, although the lesson is. The converted person’s view is that he should not live for himself. This is the exact opposite
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