Daily Bread messages

Will Pleasure Produce Life’s Meaning

The book Ecclesiastes takes its name from the Greek “ekklesiastes,” a translation of the title by which the central figure refers to himself: “Kohelet”, meaning something like “one who convenes or addresses an assembly” or simply a preacher (see Bible Dictionary, “Ecclesiastes”). The Greek word for an assembly is ekklesia and one who addresses it

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Did God Make Covenants for Us?

There’s no consensus on the exact number of covenants between God and humanity. However, there are five foundational covenants that God makes with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and the new covenant through Jesus. God’s covenant (1) with Noah was a commitment to maintain the inherited relationship between the Creator and the creation; his relationship with

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