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  • Donald McCulley avatar

    The Purposeless Driven Life Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Dec 5, 2011
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    Have you ever thought about the purposeless driven life?

    THE PURPOSELESS DRIVEN LIFE Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 Introduction: Rick Warren has caught a lot of people’s attention with his books The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life. Have you ever thought about the purposeless driven life? This is the first sermon in a series on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    Vanity Of Vanities Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Jul 20, 2010
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     | 9,231 views

    Life is full of meaning when your faith is in Christ.

    [To receive a free sermon each week by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com] WHO IS THE AUTHOR? The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem (v. 1). Who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes? • “Preacher” (qoheleth) means “one who gathers” or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    All Is Vanity Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jul 20, 2010
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    In today's lesson we are warned that apart from God, we will not gain anything from all our toil.

    Scripture People today want to live meaningful lives. They have questions such as: • What is the meaning of life? • Why am I so unhappy? • Does God really care? • Why is there so much suffering in the world? • Why is there so much injustice in the world? • Is ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Wealth + Power + Knowledge = Zero Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Dec 11, 2010
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    A study of chapter 1 verses 1 through 18

    Ecclesiastes 1: 1 – 18 Wealth + Power + Knowledge = Zero 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” 3 What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Thomas Bowen avatar

    Why Am I Here?

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Feb 3, 2007
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     | 3,796 views

    Looking at the world around us it would be so easy to give up. The cycles of problems and the ever declining situations we wittness. Persons of faith look through the problems and find God in the mists of trouble and pain and we can keep going.

    Why am I here? Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 This week we are looking at the first chapter of Ecclesiastes and it sounds like the most depressing scripture you could ever find. Reading the Book of Job is pretty bad, but today’s reading is so much worse. I think it is because in many ways it sounds so ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Finding Life's Meaning

    Contributed by Neal Gracey on Mar 10, 2007
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    What is the meaning of life? King Solomon was blessed and vexed with the 3 P’s. Power, Possessions, and Pleasure

    Ecclesiastes 1:1-9 Finding Life’s Meaning Ecclesiastes is one of the most misunderstood books of the Bible and it’s too bad because Ecclesiastes is a divinely inspired meditation on one of the most profound questions asked by man: “What is the meaning of Life?” Q. What is the meaning of life? ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    What Has Been Will Be Again

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 26, 2006
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    1- Learning is wearisome, but don’t stop learning. 2- Work is tiring, but don’t stop working.

    INTRO.- Sometimes life gets old. Does it not? If not, then you’re not human! What has been will be again. Doesn’t life sometimes seem to be just a revolving door of sorts? Every day it’s the same old routine. Every month. Every year. Year in, year out. ILL.- Marriage counselor to mother: ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    The Search For The Meaning Of Life Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 23, 2006
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     | 6,381 views

    Ecclesiastes was written to people who question whether there is a God, and to those who outright reject God. What do they have left in life? Nothing but despair...but there is another Way.

    Overcoming Futility, a Sermon Series on Ecclesiastes Message #1, “The Search for the Meaning of Life,” chapter 1 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts We’ve entered a new year, and many people looking back on 2005 feel a sense of relief. We’re glad that year ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    The Fleeting Nature Of Life Series

    Contributed by Dan Neary on May 21, 2007
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    Second in an eight part series in the Book of Ecclesiastes... this sermon tackles the claim that everything is meaningless.

    You have to be glad that you came to church this morning. If you’ve ever wondered what makes different versions of the Bible different, you can turn to Ecclesiastes 1. • NIV: Meaningless • KJV: Vanity • Holman: Futility • Contemporary: Nonsense • Message: Smoke 1These are the words of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Pat Damiani avatar

    Life Is Like A Sandcastle Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 11, 2009
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    2nd in a series from Ecclesiastes. Even though life "under the sun" is fleeting, we can still enjoy the journey.

    Over the years, many of people have come up with metaphors to try and describe what life is like. Perhaps you are familiar with a few of these. Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. • Forrest Gump Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Duane Brown avatar

    Apathy Rules

    Contributed by Duane Brown on Jan 21, 2009
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     | 6,606 views

    Taken from Chuck Swindolls Living on the Ragged Edge

    The story is told of a university library, where there appeared - on the walls - in bold, sprawling letters, about 12” high…two (2) words of graffiti - "APATHY RULES!" Perhaps those words were written by a disillusioned student - a student who has spent endless hours in the pursuit of some ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Living A Life That Matters Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 7, 2009
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     | 20,416 views

    Solomon, the wisest and richest man to ever live gives us some insight on how we can live a life that has meaning.

    Living a life that matters Ecclesiastes1:1-11 + selected Scriptures Introduction: I hope the title of the message caught your attention. I am sure in some way that this is our prayer. Living a life that matters. We will look at Solomon this morning. The son ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    "Round And Round We Go" Series

    Contributed by Julio Gonzalez on Feb 12, 2009
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     | 6,530 views

    If we look at life only from the viewpoint of the natural physical man, it can get very discouraging. Life is nothing more than one big “rat race.” That is what Solomon is seeing in this first chapter of Ecclesiastes.

    "Round and Round We Go" Eccl. 1:4-18 Rev. Julio González The older we get, the more we begin to see life as an endless cycle. Babies are born, then they grow older and then they die. Then more babies are born. It rains, the sun shines for a while and then it rains again. We work, we eat, we sleep ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Nihilism Is Not Practical

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 29, 2008
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    Life is not meaningless, we gain meaning in life through the person of Jesus Christ.

    In college one of the jobs I had was working in a medical file warehouse. Talk about mundane, boring, monotonous. These were huge warehouses that contained millions of files from hospitals all over the San Francisco Bay Area. I did one of three things: I pulled a file for a patient in a hospital ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr. Ezra Aniebue avatar

    How To Handle Hard Times

    Contributed by Dr. Ezra Aniebue on Dec 25, 2009
    based on 16 ratings
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    Don’t allow any hard time to break you, to cause you to quit, give up and lose hope. Instead learn the principles that will make you harder than your hard time. When you are harder than your hard time, you will send your hard time packing and running from

    Hard times are real. Difficult situations are not new. The book of Eccl.1: 9 says, “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The hard time that you are experiencing now, or that you will ever ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible