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 […]