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Ecclesiastes: A Quest for Meaning: Ecclesiastes Simply Explained is unavailable, but you can change that!

The latest addition to the Welwyn Commentary series has leading Old Testament scholar and series editor John D. Currid bring a fresh approach to a book that seems to draw a lot of comment of the the wrong kind. In his Introduction he says: There is no book in the Old Testament that is as maligned and criticized as the book of Ecclesiastes. People point to the teachings of vanity, scepticism, and...

Please read Ecclesiastes In the first part of chapter 3, Solomon has drawn a major conclusion from his quest for reality. He has been on a search for meaning and purpose in life. Now, in the second part of chapter 3, he is going to be very direct regarding what that reality is. In the verses before us, Solomon asserts that the basis of reality is the sovereignty of God. What is meant by that term, the sovereignty of God? I have seen no better definition than that
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