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  • 6. Exploring Ecclesiastes - Work, Labour and Toil

    29:56
    W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny to discuss work, labour and toil. Is work a necessary evil? Remember … Adam was told to work in Eden even before the Fall, although afterwards it was going to be harder so … Is work a good thing? A gift from God?
  • 5. Exploring Ecclesiastes – Money, Wealth and Riches

    27:51
    So what does Ecclesiastes say about money, wealth and riches? What are the advantages of wealth? And what are the disadvantages of having riches? In fact … are there any disadvantages? W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny to discuss a subject which is very pertinent to the relatively affluent society in which we live.
  • 4. Exploring Ecclesiastes – The Good, the Better and the Best in Ecclesiastes

    27:16
    W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny as they discuss what Ecclesiastes says about what is ‘good’ and what is ‘better’. Although Solomon never uses the word ‘best’, there are some things of which he says ’there is nothing better’. So … what is good? What is better? And what is best?
  • 3. Exploring Ecclesiastes – Time and Eternity in Ecclesiastes

    27:09
    Michael and Sylvia Penny, together with W M Henry, discuss the different ways in which Solomon uses the word ‘time’ and explore what he meant when he said that God “had set eternity in the human heart”.
  • 2. Exploring Ecclesiastes – The Purpose of Ecclesiastes and “What is Good?”

    25:52
    W M Henry interviews Michael and Sylvia Penny first to discuss Solomon’s purpose in writing Ecclesiastes, and then to ascertain what Solomon considers to be ‘good’ in this life.
  • 1. Exploring Ecclesiastes – Who is the Author and What is vanity?

    27:36
    An interesting discussion on the pros and cons of Solomon being the author, followed by another one on the Hebrew word ‘hevel’, often translated ‘vanity’ or ‘meaningless’ but its root meaning is to do with things being ‘transient’ or ‘temporary’ or ‘passing’.