Death–What’s the Point?

Why are we allowed to live and love if we’re just going to die anyway?

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Regardless of how healthy we are, how much bottled water we drink, and how many hours we spend doing cardio, one thing is still certain: we’re going to die one day.  The death rate has always been one-per-person.

From God’s perspective, this means death is not an accident.  It’s an appointment.

Still, for many, it’s an unnerving appointment.  When our loved ones die, survivors find it to be a painful, sad appointment.  But in spite of the regularity of death, we never quite get to a point where we’re “ok” with it—especially when it means losing someone we hold dear.

Often, death—and all of its accompanying sorrow—causes us to ask: What’s the point?

Why are we allowed to live and love if we’re just going to die anyway?

That’s what Solomon addresses this week.  His conclusion: based on your view of God, death either renders everything utterly meaningless or beautifully meaningful.

(This message is based on Ecclesiastes 9.1-18)

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Asking for a FrienidWhat we all think but think we shouldn't

The longer I'm in ministry, the more I'm convinced: we all have the same questions and insecurities. And, we assume no one else would understand the thoughts and fears inside our head. It leaves us unnecessarily isolated. Alone in our own heads.

Solomon, another human, had the same questions. He feared the same things. He wrote a book about them: Ecclesiastes.

It's honest. Uncomfortable. Liberating.

Ecclesiastes addresses issues like boredom, death, lack of purpose and meaning, depression, social injustice, work-life balance, and loneliness. Too often, the "guidance" we receive on these matters is: Just have faith. Be thankful. Don't think about it. Or, What's wrong with you?

Needless to say, this falls short. Thanks to Solomon, we can do better than that. This is a sermon series on his book, Ecclesiastes.

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