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No Stone Unturned

Qoheleth begins his search - applying his mind to seek out and search all of life under the sun. And this isn't just theoretical research either! He is going to do a deep dive into experientially testing and tasting all that there is to test and taste. To see if he can get a read on the world! To try to straighten out what is crooked and discern what might be hidden. To wring every last drop out of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and see if he can find meaning wherever meaning is to be found. And he starts his search with wisdom. Applies his mind to know and explore wisdom. And finds it lacking. Like grasping at straws. Elusive at best. And frankly, it only multiplies grief and sorrow. Pleasure? Wine? Turns out to be futile. "So maybe wealth?" he thinks. He increases his possessions and accumulates all the riches there are to be accumulated. Nothing he desires does he withold, and when all the great hordes of possessions are amassed, he sits back and says, "Strike two." He turns back to consider wisdom again because there is a relative value there. It is, after all, better than folly. It's better to walk in the light with your eyes open than stumble down a dark hallway stubbing your toe with each step. But at the end of the day, wisdom and folly get you to the same place. It can't be the answer. And as he soon notes, neither can work. Some might have seen his pursuit of wealth and countered, "It's not about all the things that your labor can accumulate! It's about the labor itself! That's the true reward! A job well done! A sense of pride at what you have accomplished." Qoheleth says, "That breaks down too." Even the greatest work is left in the hands of another after you die and what's to stop him from being a fool? And all of it being squandered? Qoheleth's comprehensive search comes up empty - like all the sand has slipped between his fingers. Or has it? Because he finds something worth taking note of here. "There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God's hand, because who can eat and who can enjoy life apart from him." One surprising remedy to the futility of life is to enjoy life. To not make things under the sun bigger than what they are lest they disappoint with their emptiness - but to actually appreciate them for what they are! Gifts given by God. It's in this vein that wisdom, knowledge, joy, work, food, pleasure find their place! To the one who gathers and gathers and accumulates and accumulates all of those things as ends in themselves - he will be sorely disappointed. In fact, what he has will be given to another. But to the one who keeps them in their place? And derives the intended measure of satisfcation from created gifts? This will be pleasing in God's sight and, honestly, there's nothing better for a person to do!
Aug 9

Absolute Absurdity

Bryce begins our series in Ecclesiastes, teaching out of Ecclesiastes 1:1-11. The tone for the book of Ecclesiastes wastes no time being set. No sooner have we been introduced to Qoheleth (the Teacher, David's son, king in Jerusalem) than we meet his resounding refrain - "Absolute futility." Vanity of vanities. All of it is in vain, a striving after the wind. This word - hevel - is a foundational construct throughout the book. It has the connotation of breath or wind. It is vaporous. It's this word that Qoheleth will use to try to capture the fleeting absurdity of life lived here under the sun. And in this first chapter, he starts reflecting on the types of things he's observed that bring him to this conclusion of hevel. Much labor produces little. Generations come and go and barely make a mark. Life is cyclical and mundane. The sun comes up and goes down. The wind blows in circles. Streams flow to the sea endlessly and yet the sea never gets full. This is how life feels. We do and we do and we go and we go and we toil and spin and go to sleep to do it all over again and what is there to show for it? Other than weariness? Unsatisfied. And nothing is novel. It's all been done before. Like Star Wars sequels. Can anyone say, "Oh look! This is something new!" No, it's all tired. And nothing that was really gets remembered. Which means we won't be either. This book of Ecclesiastes is going to have lots of perspective for us - plenty of lessons for us to take away. We will look to grow in biblical wisdom for how we think and live here and now. As we go, we will find surprising sweetness. Not fake, superficial sweetness but deeply rooted, well-reasoned, built for the hard parts of life sweetness. And that starts here. By learning to not expect life under the sun to deliver more than it can. By contenting ourselves to observe its absurdity and not be sent into a tailspin. Life under the sun is bizarre. And that's okay.
Aug 2

The Visible Fruit of True Repentance

Pastoral resident Corey continues in our series in Luke, teaching out of Luke 19:1-27.
Jul 26

Will the Real Blindness Please Stand Up?

Bryce continues in our series in Luke, teaching out of Luke 18:31-43.
Jul 12

The Posture that Pleases God

Steve continues in our series in Luke, teaching out of Luke 18:9-17
Jul 5

Will Not God Listen?

Brayden continues in our series in Luke, teaching out of Luke 18:1-8.
Jun 28

The Kingdom Come

Bryce continues in our series in Luke, teaching out of Luke 17:20-37.
Jun 21

Having A Right Faith

Steve continues in our series in Luke, teaching out of Luke 17:1-19.

Weekly sermons from King's Table Church in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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King's Table Church
Years Active

2023 - 2026
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157
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