Ecclesiastes 4. All is vanity: Life, trust, and the body of Christ.

Rev. Dr. Matthew Richard, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Minot, ND joins Rev. Brady Finnern to study Ecclesiastes 4.

Ecclesiastes shows us the real world. Solomon doesn’t hold back in his angst toward the oppression done under the sun. These realities point us to the oppressed Christ who was tempted like us, but did not sin and took these realities on His shoulders. The LORD gives us the gift of the community of believers for us to be filled by His gifts, not as a perfect place, but to muddle forward by His grace. “Lord God, as we travel on this trail of tears, provide us Your grace by Your Word to keep us centered in You. Amen”