Thy Strong Word From Kfuo Radio

The Preacher goes looking for a righteous person on earth and comes back empty-handed. Be righteous, he says, but not so righteous you destroy yourself with your own piety. Be wise, but know that wisdom has a wall you cannot climb over. One man in a thousand might pass muster; among women Qoheleth found none, a line that has scandalized readers for centuries and says more about fallen humanity than about any particular gender. God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.  The Rev. David Boisclair, senior pastor at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Overland, MO, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Ecclesiastes 7:15–29.  To learn more about Our Redeemer, visit ourredeemerstl.org. What does a man gain from all his toil under the sun? Solomon asked that question three thousand years ago, and it still cuts. Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching book about work, wealth, wisdom, and the ache nothing in this life can fill. It is also one of the most pastoral, because the Preacher t