Solomon wrestles with how God makes everything beautiful in its time in light of the fact that injustice often seems to reign in and around every corner. Yet though injustice…
Solomon wants us to know that the ever-rolling stream of time will drown you if you fight to control it, but if you will entrust your times in God’s hands…
Your wisdom and work will be meaningless, if you don’t joyfully receive them from God. This is what Solomon learned through his own inspections. This is what he testifies to…
Solomon searched for life’s meaning in wisdom and wealth, but true life and fulfillment therein only come from the fact that Jesus searches for and saves us. Pastor Mollenkopf opens…
Solomon’s opening dilemma and what sets the stage for the rest of the book is that it appears that under the sun all our toil has no lasting profit since everything…
We begin our series on Ecclesiastes with an overview. Pastor Mollenkopf notes that living our lives without reference to God brings futility, but joyfully embracing God’s gifts and fearing Him…
When Jesus cried from the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?," his words echoed from a psalm of David, Psalm 22. A cry of despair, but…
Pastor Mollenkopf examines David’s final psalm, Psalm 145. The shepherd king pens a masterful song of praise to God. Using each successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet he calls on…
Life has many burdens, sorrows, and trials. Yet, David in Psalm 55 reminds us to cast all your burdens on God because He will sustain you.
Even believers have times where we wrestle and wonder, “Why does evil seem to prosper and doing good get punished?” “Should I bother doing what is right?” “Is there even…