In Ecclesiastes 12, the Preacher spoke about remembering our Creator in our youth. The Preacher writes honestly about the vanity and limitations of worldly wisdom. In this article, one of our youth and one of our young adults, Rachel Soh and Tabitha Yeong respectively, share the lessons they have learnt from Ecclesiastes.

The Preacher in Ecclesiastes 12 had a word for those who were younger, that they ought to remember and respond to the Creator in the days of their youth. We also reached out to some older saints in our church to hear from them what they would like to tell younger men and women.

In Ecclesiastes, the Preacher recognises the limits of knowledge and how that too, is vanity. Daniel Chen reflects on this theme, and helps us to see how we can think about our own pursuit of knowledge today.

Julie Hamilton encourages us with how God has been enabling her to look to Jesus and count it all joy amidst a trying season for her family, and shares three practical ways on how we can also do so as we face trials of various kinds.

Veronica Lee considers the way the world thinks about finances and compares and contrasts it with the way Scriptures speaks about money. She encourages us to place our trust in the God who provides all things, even the money that we seek to earn and save.

To complement our sermon series in Ecclesiastes, we will be publishing articles that pick up on some of the themes in the book. One of our members, who is our Deacon for the AV Ministry and a lawyer by training, reflects on how Christians can think about secular work in a fallen world.

To complement our sermon series in Ecclesiastes, we will be publishing articles that pick up on some of the themes in the book. Nehemiah Chong reflects on how we can think about work, productivity and busyness — our temptations and also how the gospel ultimately transforms our work.

How should we live in a fallen and broken world? Our lives are spent in the constant shadow of sin and death. Ecclesiastes takes a hard and honest look at life “under the sun”. It lays us low that it might lift us up with genuine hope.