Ecclesiastes: A 12-Week Study (Justin S. Holcomb)

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The Knowing the Bible series is a resource designed to help Bible readers better understand and apply God’s Word. These 12-week studies lead participants through books of the Bible and are made up of four basic components: (1) reflection questions help readers engage the text at a deeper level; (2) “Gospel Glimpses” highlight the gospel of grace throughout the book; (3) “Whole-Bible Connections” show how any given passage connects to the Bible’s overarching story of redemption, culminating in Christ; and (4) “Theological Soundings” identify how historic orthodox doctrines are taught or reinforced throughout Scripture. With contributions from an array of influential pastors and church leaders, these gospel-centered studies will help Christians see and cherish the message of God’s grace on every page of the Bible.

The book of Ecclesiastes powerfully conveys the meaninglessness of life without God. The world promises fulfillment, but in the end, it cannot truly satisfy the longings of the human heart.

In this accessible study, Justin S. Holcomb helps Christians understand the necessity of fearing God in a fallen and frustrating world, pointing us to God’s ultimate mission to restore creation from the curse through the power of the gospel.

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“Knowing the Bible brings together a gifted team of Bible teachers to produce a high quality series of study guides. The coordinated focus of these materials is unique: biblical content, provocative questions, systematic theology, practical application, and the gospel story of God’s grace presented all the way through Scripture.”

Philip Graham Ryken, President, Wheaton College

“These Knowing the Bible volumes introduce a significant and very welcome variation on the general run of inductive Bible studies. Such series often provide questions with little guidance, leaving students to their own devices. They thus tend to overlook the role of teaching in the church. By contrast, Knowing the Bible avoids the problem by providing substantial instruction with the questions. Knowing the Bible then goes even further by showing how any given passage connects with the gospel, the whole Bible, and Christian theology. I heartily endorse this orientation of individual books to the whole Bible and the gospel, and I applaud the demonstration that sound theology was not something invented later by Christians, but is right there in the pages of Scripture.”

Graeme Goldsworthy, Former Lecturer in Old Testament, Biblical Theology, and Hermeneutics, Moore Theological College

Table of Contents

Series Preface: J. I. Packer and Lane T. Dennis

Week 1: Overview

Week 2: All Is Vanity (1:1-11)

Week 3: Wisdom, Pleasure, and Labor (1:12-2:26)

Week 4: A Time for Everything (3:1-15)

Week 5: More "Vanities" (3:16-4:16)

Week 6: Fear God (5:1-7)

Week 7: Greed and Contentment (5:8-6:9)

Week 8: The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly (6:10-7:29)

Week 9: In the Hand of God (8:1-9:12)

Week 10: Wisdom Is Better Than Folly (9:13-12:7)

Week 11: Remember Your Creator (12:8-14)

Week 12: Summary and Conclusion

Product Details

Title: Ecclesiastes: A 12-Week Study  

Author: Justin S. Holcomb

Publisher: Crossway Publishing

Pages: 96

Binding: Paperback

Size: 22.8 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm

ISBN: 9781433548536