August Gate Church

We took a break in our series in Ecclesiastes to be refocused and refreshened by the Gospel.

In this week's passage Solomon gives us some good news then some bad news then some really good news. As we unpack the text with the Gospel we see some instructions on what we know, what we don't know and what we are supposed to do about it.

The text this week begs our reaction and then action to some big questions. What's our reaction and action when we here that the wicked die? Solomon explores this under the sun but we can see the clear Gospel connections to each situation we look at.

There are two things your dad told you to never talk about, religion and politics. Our passage this week tackles both. Solomon gives us his incomplete view "under the sun" but we know the Gospel demands more of us.

Solomon tells show us the human tendency to follow one of two wrong paths: religion or irreligion. He shows us our need for a third way, the Gospel, and gives us practical insight on how to live it.

Easter is "The Day" for Christians. The day we celebrate the victory Jesus had over death, hell, and the grave. We take this time to remind ourselves of the sweet truth of the Gospel, realizing where we were, where God has brought us and how we are supposed to go with the hope of the Gospel to the world.

God shows us His grace by shaping our lives to see our need without Him and our need for Him. God has called every believer to grasp, live and share this truth with the world around them.

Solomon shows us how easily our souls are pulled away from the worship of God by the love of money and calls us to fight the tendency.

Often times modern Christianity is filled with visions of "buddy" God. Solomon provides a stern warning against this in this week's passage. Our approach to God is key to a life that is worship.

Community can often be overlooked as an essential for the Christian life. We know that people often seek community in other places besides the church and this is why the Gospel must shape community for us. This week's passage provides us with 4 imperatives for living in Gospel-Centered Community.

This week we see Solomon tackle some big questions about God's justice over injustice and wickedness in the world. We also learn of our response because of the Gospel.

Without pulling any punches, Solomon shows us a problem that many of us have with God: His sovereignty. We find that a huge part of believing the Gospel us surrendering our lives to God's sovereign plan, even when things are tough and we don't have all the answers.

Solomon address the most relevant issue to date, work. We can see that from scripture that God created us to work but work fell under a curse. Apart from God, work brings no lasting gain, but the Gospel redeems work.

As we search for the meaning of life under the sun, we continue to be discontent and confused. We are called to fix our gaze on things above and view all of life through the lens of the Gospel.

This week we explore Solomon's experiment with hedonism. The question that we get from this is, does God want us to be happy or holy? Listen to learn.

As we continue in Ecclesiastes we see Solomon exploring the search for wisdom internally and externally, but as we see the Gospel applied to wisdom, we understand that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom.

As we begin this 23 week series, we take a look at who writes Ecclesiastes, it's theme and it's purpose. Then we dive in to look at how King Solomon is providing a world view that is void of the Gospel. Then we look at the antithesis of the with life in Christ.

What is the community? Who are the community? Why the community? These are the questions we take a look at this week as we explore God's plan called the Church.

Jesus came to seek and save the lost. This is the mission we are to join him on. The mission of God changes us internally and drives us externally.

Worship is crucial for a gospel-centered missional church but is also a very large subject. We take a look at worship with the frame of this definition: Worship is a response to God for who he is and what he does, that causes us to praise him and drives us to action to know him better and make him known.