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More Reflections on Ecclesiastes: For the Classic Rock Fan
What do Solomon and Pink Floyd have in common? More than you might think. Read Ecclesiastes with Dark Side of the Moon playing in the background, and you may discover the closest thing classic rock ever produced to “Ecclesiastes: The Musical.”
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Day 170: Living Under the Sun (Ecclesiastes 1:3-5)
Ecclesiastes asks one of the most uncomfortable questions in the Bible: What if everything we chase is ultimately meaningless? The Teacher’s answer begins with understanding what life “under the sun” means.
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Day 168: Six Things “Heaping Burning Coals” Could Mean (Proverbs 25:21-22)
What does it mean to “heap burning coals” on your enemy’s head? The answer may not be as obvious as you’ve been told—but the command is.
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Day 167: T-Shirts, Bumper Stickers, Waffles, and Pancakes (2 Chronicles 8:11)
Followers of Jesus don’t live compartmentalized lives. There is no sacred and secular divide when the Holy Spirit dwells within us.
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Day 166: Praying the Psalms: Psalm 149
Why is Psalm 149 so joyful? Because God takes delight in His people. There is a time for repentance and tears—but this is not that day. Today is a head-banging Hallelujah.
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Day 152: How to Pray for Your Children (Psalm 72)
If you knew you were nearing the end of your life and you had one last chance to pray over your child, what would you ask God for?
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Day 014: Why Does Job Mention Greek Constellations? (Job 38:31-32)
When God speaks to Job out of the whirlwind, He suddenly points to the stars—naming the Pleiades, Orion, and the Mazzaroth. Those familiar names open a window into how God’s unchanging Word is faithfully translated so each generation can understand it.
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Day 013: Really, Elihu? (Job 36:1-4)
Job’s friends—and Elihu most of all—say many true things about God. The problem isn’t that they speak falsehoods; it’s that they speak true things in false ways. They turn wisdom into weapons, doctrine into diagnosis, and God’s justice into a cudgel for the suffering. In doing so, they don’t just misread Job—they misrepresent God.
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Day 012: Just When You Think You’ll Get Some Answers… (Job 31:40-32:5)
Just when Job finally stops talking—and his three friends fall silent—we expect God to speak. Instead, another voice steps forward. Elihu’s long speech reminds us how often life works this way: just when we think the answers are finally coming, they don’t. Silence stretches on. Hope gets postponed. And we’re left waiting, wondering when resolution…
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