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This sermon was preached at Grace of God on November 2, 2025, to begin our series on the end times that will conclude this church year.

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What should we do with our daily lives? Now at the halfway point through the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon offers simple and pointed words of wisdom. He points out the benefits of reflecting on death; the folly of extremes; and the humility that we should exhibit as we remember our own sinfulness.

Join Pastor Tim and Ian as they reflect on Ecclesiastes 7 in this episode of the Meaningless Podcast.

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This sermon was preached at Grace of God Lutheran on October 26, 2025, in observance of Reformation Day.

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Thanks for listening again to the Meaningless Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Tim and Ian discuss Ecclesiastes chapter 6.

God's gives some people wealth, power, and success beyond their wildest imaginations; yet He does not allow them to enjoy it. Even further, it is a stranger that enjoys it. Why? Is really such a man "better off as a stillborn child", i.e. better off never born? Is ignorance really bliss? If we come from darkness only to return to darkness and everything under the sun has already been done (a chasing after the wind) then what really is the man's reward for all his toil? "For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?" (6:12). Join us as we seek these answers.

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This sermon, based on Psalm 100, was preached at Grace of God Lutheran on October 19, 2025, for the 50th anniversary of our congregation. The Reverend Doctor Timothy Bourman, pastor of Sure Foundation Lutheran in Queens NYC, served as our guest preacher.

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This sermon, written in the first-person from the perspective of one of the "other nine" lepers in Luke 17:11-19, was preached for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost on October 12, 2025, at Grace of God Lutheran.

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We can be foolish in our religious observance; we can be foolish in our political activity; we can be foolish in our economic pursuits. Ecclesiastes 5 points out some of the folly humans in which humans engage in those spheres of life. In the end, Solomon reminds us simply, "it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them" (5:18). We can do so because God has, through his Son Jesus Christ, declares our justification on the basis of faith, rather than works.

Join Pastor Tim and Ian for this discussion of Ecclesiastes 5 on the Meaningless Podcast.

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Ecclesiastes chapter 4 reflects on human relationships. They can be both comforting and encouraging ("Pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up," 4:10) or destructive ("Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors," 4:1).

The truth we have to reckon with: There's no getting away from human relationships. We can only approach them with wisdom. Join Pastor Tim and Ian for this discussion of Ecclesiastes 4 on the Meaningless Podcast.

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