Bible Book Studies · Intermediate · ABOUT 165 MINUTES
Explore work, pleasure, injustice, time, mortality, limits, gratitude, and fearing God in a changing world
Primary passage: Ecclesiastes 1:2
Read Ecclesiastes 1:2 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on the vapor of life and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Ecclesiastes 3:1
Read Ecclesiastes 3:1 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on a time for everything and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Ecclesiastes 3:13
Read Ecclesiastes 3:13 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on enjoy god’s gifts and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Ecclesiastes 12:13
Read Ecclesiastes 12:13 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on fear god and keep his commandments and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
