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<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Widely regarded as pessimistic in tone the book of</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ecclesiastes presents unique difficulties for preaching and</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>teaching. Ecclesiastes seems to declare that no matter what</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>a person does in the end life is as fleeting and meaningless</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>as vapor. What edifying value could this book have for</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>parishioners and students? Wendell Bowes in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Half Empty</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>expertly answers this question. In this interpretive guide</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dr. Bowes demonstrates how effectively the message</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>of Ecclesiastes complements the optimism of wisdom</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>books such as Proverbs by questioning that optimism and</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>underlining what is most important in life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Like its companion volume </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Half Full</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> on Proverbs </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Half</em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Empty </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>includes sermon starters presentation ideas sermon</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>title suggestions and a substantial reference list.</span></p><p></p>