Ecclesiastes 1
Published on Sep 4, 2012
Calvary Chapel Spring Valley | Sunday Evening | September 2, 2012 | Pastor Derek Neider
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Ecclesiastes 2-3
Published on Sep 19, 2012
Calvary Chapel Spring Valley | Sunday Evening | September 16, 2012 | Derek Neider
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Bobby Petrino has been moving up the coaching ladder ever since he got into football. Winning BCS bowls at Louisville and then taking Arkansas from 5 wins, to 8 wins, to 10 wins and this year to 11 wins and a top 5 finish.
If I had to describe Bobby Petrino’s coaching style, two principles come to mind: CONSTANTLY LEARNING MORE and WORK-A-HOLIC.
Solomon of the Book of Ecclesiastes was a lot like that but he could not get satisfaction even if he achieved his goals. He was always looking for something more.
Like Solomon, Petrino has lots of wealth (3.6 million per year) and he has lots of fame. Petrino is probably the second most well known man in Arkansas outside of former president Bill Clinton.
Yet Petrino has tried to get satisfaction through an extra-martial affair. What is the answer to satisfying the longing in his life for satisfaction?
Tom Brady “More than this…”
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Tom Brady has it all, but he does not have true satisfaction. He has put an enormous amount of effort into his work and has got several Super Bowls rings. He has become the most exact passer in the NFL and he did it by putting lots of time in practice and studying film. After he got on top of the world financially, he started to enjoy the pleasures that riches and fame brought him. However, this only led him to realize that there is something more out there. He was not satisfied at all.
This reminds me of the lyrics of a Coldplay song:
Oh…Time is so short and I’m sure
There must be something more…
In fact, I want to spend the rest of my time on this post talking about the similar desire that Coldplay has put forth.
Coldplay – 42 Live
Coldplay perform on the french television channel W9.
I wrote this article a couple of years ago:
They’re just living my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am living there as well
Oh…Time is so short and I’m sure
There must be something more
The more you know, the more you hurt.
My verdict on the pursuit of happiness? Who needs it?
With the help of a bottle of wine
and all the wisdom I could muster,
I tried my level best
to penetrate the absurdity of life.
I wanted to get a handle on anything useful we mortals might do
during the years we spend on this earth.
planted vineyards,
designed gardens and parks
and planted a variety of fruit trees in them,
made pools of water
to irrigate the groves of trees.
I bought slaves, male and female,
who had children, giving me even more slaves;
then I acquired large herds and flocks,
larger than any before me in Jerusalem.
I piled up silver and gold,
loot from kings and kingdoms.
I gathered a chorus of singers to entertain me with song,
and—most exquisite of all pleasures—
voluptuous maidens for my bed.
Tom Brady, the answer is Jesus Christ!
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