Ecclesiastes: Work For the Lord
Solomon counted his hours, measured the family sacrifices, thought of all the sleepless nights worrying about an upcoming deadline, and concluded that it was all useless. There “was nothing to be gained under the sun.” Looking through humanistic eyes, he found that there was nothing to show at the end of the day for the physical and emotional toll caused by work.
Under Attack: Anger
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jrn20210831.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) There is a ravenous beast lurking in every man. Sometimes it’s large and unmistakable, sometimes disguised and insidious. But it’s always there. Today Ron Moore and men’s...
Ecclesiastes: Work
What does a man gain by engaging in work? What benefits come from marketing, sales, owning a business, designing processes, and making products? Not much! That’s Solomon’s “under-the-sun” perspective. A generation works until they die, followed by the next generation that does the same thing.
Under Attack: Lust – Part 2
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jrn20210830.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) Sexual immorality has gravely wounded many soldiers for Christ. But there are practical ways to train for moral fitness so that battlefield injuries don’t take you out of the...
Ecclesiastes: Time – Youth
Solomon experienced the energy and vigor of youth and wanted others to do the same. His counsel for young men was to enjoy life and pursue dreams and desires. But Solomon warns that enjoying life is not without boundaries and accountability. Everything a person does will one day be evaluated by the Judge (see also Eccl. 12:14).
Ecclesiastes: Time Everlasting
While we live and work in time, God works outside of it. He is the eternal God who does all things perfectly. Nothing can be added or taken away to make what he has done better. Everything he does lasts forever. God’s construction cannot be destroyed.
Ecclesiastes: Time and Eternal God
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Under Attack: Lust – Part 1
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jrn20210827.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) If you give it any quarter lust will defeat you. One gap in the line, one lapse in vigilance and it will have you. Ron Moore and men’s minister Tunch Ilkin prepare us to face...
Ecclesiastes: Time – Seasons of Life
We often think of our lives in periods of time. There were elementary, middle school, and high school years. We think of our college years and when we first started our careers. We think of life in terms of places we have lived, before and after marriage, before and after kids. There are high times—the birth of children and grandchildren.
Under Attack: Insecurity
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jrn20210826.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) Critical to any conflict is the protection of your forces. An insecure perimeter will compromise any battlefield initiative you try to undertake. With that in mind, Ron...
Ecclesiastes: Time Marches On
The cycle of life keeps us moving forward. Recently I saw a picture of our children when they ranged in age from two to preteen. I lived through that time. I experienced it in real life. But I can hardly remember what it was like. Life is elusive. Time keeps moving forward.
Under Attack: Sexual Satisfaction
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jrn20210825.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) God designed you for sexual satisfaction. It’s not something we often talk about in church circles but it’s essential to understand in our fight for purity. So today, Ron...
Ecclesiastes: Time and Weariness
“All things are full of weariness,” says Solomon. I heard one speaker describe this as the “same ole, same ole” disease. You get up every morning in the same ole bed next to your same ole husband or same ole wife, brush your same ole teeth, and put on the same ole clothes. You eat the same ole breakfast, get in the same ole car,
Under Attack: Complacency
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jrn20210824.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) You’ve worked really hard in the trenches to provide for your family and to serve the Lord. Now the temptation is to coast through the remainder of your days. But Ron Moore...
Ecclesiastes: Time
Being a Christian doesn’t make time go any slower. God, through the psalmist, exhorts us to “remember how short [our] time is!” (Psalm 89:47). But we live life under the sun with an over-the-sun perspective. Each moment is a gift from God to be used to honor him.
Under Attack: Pride
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jrn20210823.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) Sinful pride can be camouflaged by pious words and feigned modesty. But it often reveals itself when the battle for obedience is intense and our focus is diverted. In this...
Ecclesiastes: Wisdom and Truth
Solomon decided to take truth into his own hands. He determined what was the best course to take for himself, what made the most sense to him, and what was right and wrong for him personally. He might change his mind tomorrow. But for today, he settled his feelings and thoughts on pursuing his own course of action. This is a textbook example of postmodernism, a philosophy that permeates our present day.
Ecclesiastes: Wisdom and Finding Meaning
Solomon explains that man’s existence should be defined by honoring, loving, respecting, and obeying God. That is where we find our true identity. Our spiritual identity cannot be lost because it comes from Jesus.
Ecclesiastes: Wisdom and the Pleasures of Life
Paul writes that if God isn’t who he says he is, and this life is all there is, then by all means, “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die” (1 Cor. 15:32). But Solomon found that hedonism was like chasing after the wind. The target of satisfaction was never hit because God is who he says he is, and this life is not all there is.