Pastor Josh concludes his series through the book of Ecclesiastes with this sermon:
“This is the essence of wisdom then: learn to live joyfully and take pleasure according to the reality which actually exists…anything else is self destructive. As humans we veer one way or the other. We tend towards the self-vandalism as ascetism, which denies our self pleasure in God’s good creation. Or we foolishly sabotage ourselves with the unbridled hedonism which leads to catastrophe. We go our own way. We foolishly think we can live however we want without repercussion. Ecclesiastes calls us to a third way: to enjoy life, to embrace all the pleasures which God has freely given – while we fear him.”