Have you ever tried to catch a bubble? The moment you catch it, it’s gone! That experience, says Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes, is what life feels like. For the most part life can feel hard, complicated, unfair and exhausting, and just when you think you’re getting some satisfaction and control…it’s gone! We feel […]
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Seminar – Going Deeper: Ecclesiastes – 12 Mar
Biblical scholars have long agreed that “genre” is one of the most important factors when interpreting any book of the Bible. For example, the genre of Paul’s writings is “epistle,” or, letter, and his writings need to be interpreted as letters, as opposed to, say, apocalypses (such as Revelation, which would be interpreted very differently […]