You've been misled if you think the Book of Ecclesiastes is a glum, pessimistic volume lacking hope. And you're wrong if you believe the writer was a soured, despairing cynic who could see only the negative side of life.
There is pessimism in the book - but it is pessimism about "life under the sun." there is nothing but optimism about the lot of those who serve God.
In this original translation, the full impact of Solomon's wisdom shines forth. His understanding of life's foibles and the vanity of living for this world are countered by his frequent exhortations to rejoice . . . and have a good meal!
If Ecclesiastes has been a closed book for you, Adams will open it up in new ways. Here is a volume you must get, read and enjoy!
Jay E. Adams
For over 40 years Dr. Jay Adams has been calling God’s people back from their dalliance with unbiblical psychological theory to a renewed confidence in the power of the Holy Spirit and the sufficiency of God’s Word to equip the man of God to help his people with problems of living and relationship. Happily, many have heeded his call and over the years a movement, both deep and wide, has developed, consisting of pastors and other Christian workers who have been trained in and are practicing the kind of truly biblical counseling God intended for His people to receive. Jay Edward Adams was born in Baltimore on January 30, 1929 and was born again about 15 years later in response to the reading of a New Testament that was given to him by a friend. He received his formal training at Reformed Episcopal Seminary (B.D.), Johns Hopkins University (A.B.), Pittsburgh-Xenia Seminary, Temple University School of Theology (M.ST.), and the University of Missouri (Ph.D.). He pastored churches in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, served as a denominational official, a professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, the director of the Doctoral program at Westminster Theological Seminary in California, and then as a church planting pastor in South Carolina. He was also the founder of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation in Philadelphia, the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors, and Timeless Texts which now publishes his books. In 1999 Dr. Adams retired from the pastorate of the church he had planted in South Carolina and has devoted his time to writing and lecturing. In the fall of 2001 the Redeemer Biblical Counseling Training Institute (RBCTI) was established at the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Moore, SC to provide a vehicle by which Dr. Adams could continue teaching.
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Category: Christian Living
Format: Book (Paperback) (122)
Publisher: Timeless Texts
Date Published: Dec 01, 1999
Language: English
ISBN: 9781889032160
SKU: LT-609
Dimensions: 5.50 x 8.50 x 0.50 (in)
Weight: 6.60 oz