Ecclesiastes Bible Study (Chasing The Wind) – West Palm Beach church of Christ

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. Chapter 10 and the beginning of chapter 11 contain single proverbs much like what can be read in the book of Proverbs. After speaking these proverbs the Teacher presents his final conclusions concerning his observations about life under the sun. 9 Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in […]

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. The Absolute Certainty of Death (9:2-3) 2 Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it […]

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. Introduction: These are wise words that will help you get through life today In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil. (7:14; HCSB) Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely […]

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. Up to this point the Teacher in Ecclesiastes has revealed his observations about life under the sun. He has taught us about the futility of wealth, work, pleasures, and possessions. In chapter 7 the Teacher offers a change of pace teaching useful wisdom for life. After speaking about all the futility in this world, there […]

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. The Teacher returns to the topic of wealth. Perhaps we have not believed the lessons that he has taught concerning the pursuit of wealth and the abundance of wealth. As we have noted in many lessons, this is a journal recording the Teacher’s observations about life under the sun. Through more observations, the Teacher feels […]

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. We have been reading the journal of a wise man who had the resources to see if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. We often like to think that our lives would be better if we only had more success, more power, more wealth, or more time. Now the Teacher […]

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. Let’s play pretend. Let’s pretend that your banker called you late last Friday and said he had some very good news. He told you that an anonymous donor would loves you very much has decided to deposit 86,400 pennies into your account each morning, starting the following Monday morning. That’s $864 a day, seven days […]

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. I have never seen anyone do this, but I will be sure to keep looking. I am looking for someone running down the street with a net, swinging it in the air, trying to catch the wind. What a crazy concept! You would think a person was completely insane to attempt to catch the wind. […]

A sermon from Brent Kercheville. Introduction: I think that every person questions their purpose in life. Everyone seeks the meaning of life and what to know why he or she is here. Further, we try to do things in life that will give us fulfillment and satisfaction. Many times we think that we cannot find satisfaction because we do not […]