Backward Mutters

Category: Sermons

  • All in All: The Message of 1 Corinthians

    Rather than spend a lot of time introducing 1 Corinthians, I thought I’d comment on a few things about the setting of the letter as well as to help give you a good pair of lenses by which to view the letter. Concerning the Corinthian church… The apostle Paul planted…

  • Foolish Consistencies: Ecclesiastes 8:2-9

    Here are some of my thoughts from this week’s sermon, The Wise Heart. Considering the fools folly, here is what is true about the fool: The fool never vows. He does not bind himself to others in promises, but rather says, “I shall do what I want to do on…

  • More Bitter than Death: Ecclesiastes 7:15-8:1

    As the Teacher has considered his pursuit of wisdom in chapter 7, he has shared that the day of our death has more to teach us about life than the day of our birth. Additionally, he has shown us our fretting and worrying about tomorrow is only relieved by our…

  • Those Who See the Sun: Ecclesiastes 7:8-14

    The second section of proverbial sayings in Ecclesiastes 7 is comprised of verses 7-14 which reads, “Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Do not be quickly…

  • Sorrow is Better: Ecclesiastes 7:1-7

    Here’s a summary of the teaching of Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 which I will elaborate on Sunday morning. Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 (NIV) reads, “A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning than…