Shaped by the Word is a daily, Bible-reading devotional. I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading. Please be sure to subscribe to this page to follow along every day. Thanks for … Continue reading Some Things Are a Mystery
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 8:14–15 (ESV) 14 There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens … Continue reading This Upside Down World
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 8:10–13 (ESV) 10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11 Because … Continue reading Is Evil Rewarded?
Shaped by the Word is a daily, Bible-reading devotional. I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading. Please be sure to subscribe to this page to follow along every day. Thanks for … Continue reading I Have Seen Everything
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 7:11–14 (ESV)11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.12 For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves … Continue reading Wisdom and Security
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 7:1–6 (ESV)1 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house … Continue reading Sorrow Is Better than Laughter
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 6:7–12 (ESV)7 All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows … Continue reading Our Appetites Are Never Satisfied
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 5:8–9 (ESV)8 If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, … Continue reading They Seize the Land for Themselves
Shaped by the Word is a daily, Bible-reading devotional. I do not publish supplemental material on Sundays, but I do include a suggested Scripture reading. Please be sure to subscribe to this page to follow along every day. Thanks for … Continue reading The Need for Friends
Reading the Word Ecclesiastes 4:7–9 (ESV)7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun:8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, … Continue reading Riches Never Satisfy
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