Solomon turns his gaze to two great enigmas: injustice and death. This thought-provoking session walks through the unsettling reality that justice is often corrupted, and death comes for all—human and animal alike. Despite God’s orderly design for time and seasons, Solomon sees wickedness in the very places where righteousness should prevail. Yet, he concludes that God must have appointed a future time for judgment, even if it is not for a time as now. Death, too, is troubling: if both humans and animals share the same fate under the sun, what distinguishes them? This session explains how Ecclesiastes wrestles honestly […]
As the book of Ecclesiastes draws to a close, Solomon gives his most direct and urgent charge: “Remember your Creator in the days of...
The Book of Ecclesiastes opens with a disturbing thesis: “Everything is pointless!” This first session introduces the genre of wisdom literature and the rhetorical...
This session explores Solomon’s intense critique of wealth and the illusions of prosperity. As injustice and oppression run rampant through corrupt systems of power,...
