After reminding the church in Thessalonica about the hope they have in the return of King Jesus, he seemingly takes a sharp turn to talk about work and eating. Apparently, the good news of Christ and the Kingdom of God have much to say about the physical tangible world in which we currently live.
Love and Works
Compare and Contrast: It's All Hevel!
The teacher of Ecclesiastes compares different areas of life - wisdom with folly, pleasure with toil - and comes to the same conclusion for each of them. Everything is hevel. What does this word ‘hevel’ mean and why does he say this about everything in life? What are we to do with it then? Does our work matter? Can we find pleasure in life?