Adapted from Chapter Nine, “The Vanity of Strength and Beauty” from Making Sanity Out of Vanity: Christian realism in the book of Ecclesiastes by Stanley D. Gale (EP Books, 2011) We can note another way God presents this contrast of sources of life. Most of us are familiar with the shepherd of the twenty-third […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Discovering the Fountain of Life: the gospel for the ages (5)Adapted from Chapter Nine, “The Vanity of Strength and Beauty” from Making Sanity Out of Vanity: Christian realism in the book of Ecclesiastes by Stanley D. Gale (EP Books, 2011) A passage I often share with those whose bodies are failing and racked with infirmity carries this same perspective. “So we do not lose […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Discovering the Fountain of Life: the gospel for the ages (4)Adapted from Chapter Nine, “The Vanity of Strength and Beauty” from Making Sanity Out of Vanity: Christian realism in the book of Ecclesiastes by Stanley D. Gale (EP Books, 2011) Pursuing the Fountain of Life Finding our pursuit of the fountain of youth a dead end, we now turn our attention to another fountain. […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Discovering the Fountain of Life: the gospel for the ages (3)Adapted from Chapter Nine, “The Vanity of Strength and Beauty” from Making Sanity Out of Vanity: Christian realism in the book of Ecclesiastes by Stanley D. Gale (EP Books, 2011) Pursuing the Fountain of Youth Youth is a good thing, the picture of strength and vitality. Often, young people cannot imagine death. They believe […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Discovering the Fountain of Life: the gospel for the ages (2)Adapted from Chapter Nine, “The Vanity of Strength and Beauty” from Making Sanity Out of Vanity: Christian realism in the book of Ecclesiastes by Stanley D. Gale (EP Books, 2011) Introduction There is something special about the older generation. Before I entered the pastorate, I served as a hospital chaplain. One of my greatest […]
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