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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 11 – An anatomy of joy

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the eleventh part of this series, Ronnie Evans examines how we can experience eternal joy by recognising the…
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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 10 – The Love of Money

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. What are we to make of injustice fueled by the love of money that we see in the world?…
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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 9 – Let Your Words Be Few

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the ninth part of this series, Ronnie Evans examines Solomon’s call to ‘let our words be few’ as…
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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 8 – An Anatomy of Vanity

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the eighth part of this series, Ronnie Evans considers the call to live in deep fellowship with one…
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Injustice and Oppression; Hindsight, Foresight and the God-Man

The 80’s was a bad decade for many things; music, fashion, the economy – not many things came out of it untarnished. Eighties films however, shine out like stars in a night sky. The decade of my birth is responsible for some of the greatest films of all time. I recall with sweet affection the…
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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 7 – Justice and Oppression

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the seventh part of  this series, Phill Marsh examines the frustrated confidence that Solomon feels regarding God’s judgement…
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Beauty and the Fear of Not Knowing

A couple of years ago on a hot summer’s day after a particularly sweaty church service I decided that the most appropriate way for me to cool down would be to take a nice cold bath. With this in mind I duly returned home, ran the cold water tap in the bath, carried my stereo…
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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 6 – He has made everything beautiful in it’s time

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the sixth part of a new series, Phill Marsh looks at possibly the most well-known passage in the…
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Toil, the Production Line and the Call to Live Deeply

The most memorable job I ever had was a temporary job just after I left the army working in a biscuit factory in charge of the cutting machine at the beginning of the production line. The upside was that this job was only four days a week. The downside was that this job involved twelve…
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Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun, part 5 – The Work Test

In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the fifth part of a new series, Ronnie Evans considers the frustration and futility of toil and the…
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