Intro Questions:

· Who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes?

· Who are the two voices within the book?

· Why did we choose this book to go through during Summer?

· How is a Bay Area person similar to “The Teacher” in thought and perspective on life?

The Teacher’s Final Analysis:

The Thesis: All is vanity (everything is meaningless) (v.2)

The Problem: What do people gain from all their toil in this fallen world? (v.3)

· Busywork (looks like change…but nothing really has) (v.4-7)

· You are never satisfied (v.8)

· History keeps repeating itself (v.9)

· No one will remember you (v.11)

So now what?