Sermons on Futility

Sermons on Futility

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

The Bottom Side of the Rug My homiletics professor in seminary taught us that the introduction is the most important part of a sermon because in the first two minutes you will either convince people they should listen to the rest of it or allow them to drift.  I’m going to use as my introduction today the reading of the Scripture text itself because I believe this passage will convince you all by itself that you should listen to the…

Ecclesiastes 1:12-26

The Search for Satisfaction Note:  This sermon was preached at First Free Wichita in Sunday at Six. “Stop the World!  I Want to Get Off,” is the message of a Broadway musical of a number of years back.  Did you ever feel that way?  Don’t be afraid to admit it.  The wisest man who ever lived felt that way.  He looked at the jigsaw puzzle known as human life and desperately tried to fit all the pieces together.  He tried to find the key to life but he…