“Ecclesiastes creates silence.”

We seem to have come to this phrase over and over again during our study of Ecclesiastes. The book’s author, Solomon, nearly demands a kind of silence, declaiming repeatedly, “vanity of vanities!” and calling our earthly endeavors “striving after wind.” How fitting is this term—silence—to describe what Ecclesiastes creates and what it calls for. Read More…

In The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller claims there are two basic ways in which people try to find happiness, “the way of moral conformity and the way of self-discovery” (p.29). Both of these ways are modeled in the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), with the younger son following a path of self-discovery and the elder brother seeking happiness through moral conformity. Read More…