Ecclesiastes - faith when everything is not enough

"What's it all about?" What is life? Does it have a meaning? The book of Ecclesiastes is perhaps the only true book of philosophy in the Bible. In this sometimes disturbing and frequently captivating work, "The Teacher" takes a look at what he calls "Everything under the sun" and analyzes it searching for meaning.

His questions, and his answers, might surprise us and cause us to ask: "How do we live when wisdom, pleasure, success -- really, everything -- doesn't seem to be enough to satisfy us?"

We're kicking off the new year at FBCM, by reading and preaching through Ecclesiastes, a Wisdom book in the Old Testament, and find how this ancient book speaks to our contemporary situation.

Series Sermon Schedule (2026)

• January 11 - Ecclesiastes 1 - "The Purposeless-Driven Book"

• January 18 - Ecclesiastes 3 - "Keeping the Time"

• January 25 - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 - "Fear God, You Can't Take Your Riches with You"

• February 1 - Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 - "Choosing Joy in Joyless Times"

• February 8 - Ecclesiastes 11 - "A Diverse Trust"

• February 15 - Ecclesiastes 12 - "God's Final Word"

  
  

Resources

• Bible Project - "The Disturbing But Surprising Wisdom of Ecclesiastes" [video]

  The Bible Project explores Ecclesiastes, wisdom, and whether everything is, really, meaningless.

• Everything is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness - Bobby Jamieson

• How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the past, facing the future, living faithfully now - James K.A. Smith

• The End of the Christian Life: How Embracing Our Mortality Frees Us to Truly Live - J. Todd Billings

• Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes: Foundations for Expository Sermons - Sidney Greidanus