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9 illustrations for sermon preparation
This text diagnoses humanity's universal condition: all are liable to sin and under its dominion.
This original uprightness required five distinct faculties working in harmony: an understanding perfectly acquainted with God's law; a memory retaining all its precepts faithfully; a conscience applying it without compromise; a heart loving that law completely; and a will obedient...
The Preacher warns against an obsession with others' opinions that fragments the soul.
Human nature is marred, life is gnarled and twisted—a realm of broken columns, snapped friendships, and strained relationships.
Exell, the Victorian biblical expositor, unpacks with precision: the greatest gifts carry corresponding sorrows.
Ecclesiastes 1:26 declares that God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who find favour in His sight. But what constitutes genuine goodness before Elohim? A man may esteem himself righteous, yet remain spiritually hollow. Society may celebrate him as...
Silence can manifest cowardice or stupidity; speech can be more precious than gold, triumphant over error.
Ecclesiastes 3:5 speaks of "a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together." The primary meaning emerges from Eastern husbandry: vineyards cultivated on steep valley sides required backbreaking labor. A husbandman must first cast away stones...
The Preacher calls this the Epicurean gospel, named after the Greek philosopher Epicurus, though the impulse predates him as old as human nature itself.
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