Sermons on Mourning

The Test of Adversity Is Easier than the Test of Prosperity A well-known Hollywood actress once said, “I know what it’s like to be poor.  And I know what it’s like to be rich.  And let me tell you, rich is better.”[i]  But Solomon would disagree.  I don’t know whether he was ever poor, but he certainly was rich, and his personal testimony in chapter 5 and 6 of Ecclesiastes is that wealth is not all it’s cracked up to be.  In fact, prosperity in general does not live up to its billing.…