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After deconstructing what we call good in the first half of Ecclesiastes, the Preacher now teaches what is truly good—specifically, that God alone knows what is good. (Exposition of Ecclesiastes 7:1–14)

There is nothing good to see in this world, but we spend our lives looking for it. Even if we found the good we were looking for, we wouldn’t recognize it. God alone is good. (Exposition of Ecclesiastes 6:1–12)

With widespread public injustice in the world, and ever-increasing appetites for wealth in our hearts, how do we find lasting satisfaction in this world? God gives paradoxical joy. (Exposition of Ecclesiastes 5:8–20)

In a rare direct reflection on our relationship with God, the Preacher impresses the importance of a fundamental religious duty before God: do not take the name of the Lord in vain. (Exposition of Ecclesiastes 5:1–7)

In regard to God’s good gifts of justice, work, and companionship, we must have proper perspective to see that sin corrupts God’s good gifts. (Exposition of Ecclesiastes 3:16–4:16)

We are prisoners of time, while God is eternal. As an embassy of his eternality in the midst of our time-bound toil, God gives Sabbath rest. (Exposition of Ecclesiastes 3:1–15)

To prove that “all is vanity” and even “vanity of vanities,” the Preacher embarks on an exhaustive search of happiness in this world. God gives enjoyment to those who trust in him. (Exposition of Ecclesiastes 1:12–2:26)

How do we live in a world that is natural, and not spiritual (1 Cor. 15:42–46)? Furthermore, how do we live in a world that is fallen and cursed by sin? There is no salvation under the sun. (Exposition of Ecclesiastes 1:1–11)