Preaching Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes, “the words of the preacher” (1:1), is often seen as a hard message to preach.

But why?

Is it too pessimistic?

Is it, as some say, “the Delight of the Skeptics and the Despair of the Saints”? Is it the ramblings of man without God? Or is Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, correct in saying, “Ecclesiastes is the truest of all books. It is the fine-hammered steel of woe”?

This Learning Lab by Dr. Richard Van Heukelum is designed to provide the key to unlocking the meaning and method of preaching this marvelous work of the wisest man who ever lived.