Solomon

Theme: Solomon sums up his examination of life "under the sun" by showing the vanity of the very life people seek to make for themselves apart from God.

Theme: Solomon presents the vanity of all the ways people try to ‘get ahead’ of one another in material things ‘under the sun’.

Theme: Because of the vanity of our words, we need to speak carefully in the presence of God.

Theme: “Under the sun”, power and influence over others does not satisfy the soul.

Without the hope of the justice of God beyond life "under the sun", hope for those under oppression becomes a grievous vanity.

Life is lived best, in the under-the-sun experience of "time", with a confident trust in God’s sovereignty over His eternal purposes.

Life is lived best, in the under-the-sun experience of "time", with a confident trust in God’s sovereignty over His eternal purposes.

Life is lived best, in the under-the-sun experience of "time", with a confident trust in God’s sovereignty over His eternal purposes.

Theme: “Wisdom”, limited to life under the sun, cannot satisfactorily answer the ultimate questions of life.

Theme: Solomon sets forth the thesis of his address: Measured strictly ‘under the sun’, all of life is ‘vanity’.