2. "Hevel" (meaningless, vanity, emptiness, vapor/mist) is the Hebrew word Solomon uses to describe life? What was your reaction when you first heard that today?> 3. Pastor Dave said that the key phrase that unlocks the book of Ecclesiastes is the phrase "under the sun". This phrase is a reference to life without God. What connection do you see between "hevel" and life "under the sun"?> 4. Ecclesiastes is pretty hard-hitting. So how do you anticipate / hope / expect the Gospel to be found in the book of Ecclesiastes?" /> 2. "Hevel" (meaningless, vanity, emptiness, vapor/mist) is the Hebrew word Solomon uses to describe life? What was your reaction when you first heard that today?> 3. Pastor Dave said that the key phrase that unlocks the book of Ecclesiastes is the phrase "under the sun". This phrase is a reference to life without God. What connection do you see between "hevel" and life "under the sun"?> 4. Ecclesiastes is pretty hard-hitting. So how do you anticipate / hope / expect the Gospel to be found in the book of Ecclesiastes?" /> Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 | Bethel Lutheran Church

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Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Jan 3, 2021 • Pastor David Foss

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Discussion Questions:

> 1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says that "[God] has set eternity in the hearts of men." Consider what it would mean to look ahead into eternity and work backward from there. What might it look like for you to "live with the end in mind"? What difference might you expect?

> 2. "Hevel" (meaningless, vanity, emptiness, vapor/mist) is the Hebrew word Solomon uses to describe life? What was your reaction when you first heard that today?

> 3. Pastor Dave said that the key phrase that unlocks the book of Ecclesiastes is the phrase "under the sun". This phrase is a reference to life without God. What connection do you see between "hevel" and life "under the sun"?

> 4. Ecclesiastes is pretty hard-hitting. So how do you anticipate / hope / expect the Gospel to be found in the book of Ecclesiastes?

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