13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. 14 The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. 15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the […]
https://drummoynebaptist.org.au/podcast/mp3s/930Radford090326-Ecclesiastes4v7-12WhyIsLonelinessMeaningless.mp3 7 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: 8 There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too […]
https://drummoynebaptist.org.au/podcast/mp3s/929Radford010326-Ecclesiastes4v4-6-WhyIsEnvyMeaningless..mp3 4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 5 Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. 6 Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
Joel Radford – Why bother in the face of injustice? – Ecclesiastes 3:15-4:3 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.[a] 16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the place of justice—wickedness was […]
https://drummoynebaptist.org.au/podcast/mp3s/927Radford150226-Ecclesiastes3v1-14-WhatIsYourTime.mp3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a […]
https://drummoynebaptist.org.au/podcast/mp3s/925Radford010226Ecclesiastes2v4-11%26v17-26-CanPossessionsMakeYouHappy.mp3 1 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless. 2 “Laughter,” I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?” 3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I […]
Joel Radford – Does Laughter Satisfy? – Ecclesiastes 2:1-3, 12-16 Pleasures Are Meaningless 2 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless. 2 “Laughter,” I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?” 3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still […]
https://drummoynebaptist.org.au/podcast/mp3s/922Radford110126-Ecclesiastes1v12-18-WhatDoesKnowledgeAndWisdomBring.mp3 12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! 14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the […]
https://drummoynebaptist.org.au/podcast/mp3s/921Radford040126-Ecclesiates1v1-11DoesYourLIfeHaveAnyMeaning.mp3 1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: 2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” 3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises […]