Ecclesiastes

Why Everything Matters

Philip Graham Ryken, R. Kent Hughes

• Publisher: Crossway
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781433524417
• Topic: Theologie & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblischer Kommentar

The book of Ecclesiastes is "about life, the way it really is, " writes commentator Philip Ryken. Readers throughout the ages have been drawn to the way it honestly wrestles with the tedium of work, injustices in this life, the ravages of age, and the inevitability of death. But its wisdom, according to Ryken, is in teaching people to trust God with life's questions even in the midst of struggles.

Pastors, writers, speakers, and students will find this Preaching the Word commentary to be a helpful resource in their teaching and studies. Ryken explores what will happen if we choose the world's offerings instead of God's and teaches valuable lessons about what it means to have a God-centered worldview.

Ecclesiastes is the twenty-sixth volume ofthe Preaching the Word series—noted for its clear exposition, readability, practical application, and unqualified commitment to biblical authority. Ryken's commentary will not only enrich any individual study of Ecclesiastes but will equip Christian leaders in communicating its universal application to a wide audience.

The Psalms is one of the most widely loved books of the Bible. A source of instruction for our prayers, inspiration for our songs, and consolation for our tears, these biblical poems resound with the whole spectrum of human emotion and teach us to hope in God each and every day. In the first volume of a three-part commentary on the Psalms, pastor James Johnston walks readers through chapters 1–44, offering exegetical and pastoral insights along the way. In an age that prizes authenticity, this resource will help anyone interested in studying, teaching, or preaching the Bible to truly engage with God in a life-changing and heart-shaping way.

Part of thePreaching the Wordseries.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• A Word to Those Who Preach the Word
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• 1 Vanity of Vanities (1:1–2)
• 2 Same Old, Same Old (1:3–11)
• 3 Humanity’s Search for Meaning (1:12–18)
• 4 Meaningless Hedonism (2:1–11)
• 5 Wisdom and Mad Folly (2:12–17)
• 6 Working Things Out (2:18–26)
• 7 To Everything a Season (3:1–8)
• 8 All in Good Time (3:9–15)
• 9 From Dust to Glory (3:16—4:3)
• 10 Two Are Better Than One (4:4–16)
• 11 In Spirit and in Truth (5:1–7)
• 12 Satisfaction Sold Separately (5:8–20)
• 13 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (6:1–12)
• 14 Better and Better (7:1–12)
• 15 The Crook in the Lot (7:13–18)
• 16 Wisdom for the Wise (7:19–29)
• 17 Command and Consent (8:1–9)
• 18 Final Justice (8:10 –15)
• 19 The Living and the Dead (8:16—9:6)
• 20 The Good Life (9:7–10)
• 21 Man Knows Not His Time (9:11–18)
• 22 No Foolin’ (10:1–11)
• 23 A Word to the Wise (10:12–20)
• 24 You Never Know (11:1–6)
• 25 Young and Old (11:7—12:7)
• 26 The End of the Matter (12:8–14)
• Notes
• Scripture Index
• General Index
• Index of Sermon Illustrations