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History’s Wisest Fool Tells Truth about Everything: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
History’s Wisest Fool Tells Truth about Everything: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
According to Ecclesiastes, the evolutionary chart in school fooled us into believing that history is a straight line going up and we are more advanced than those primitive people who came before us. The truth is that history is really a circle, a cul-de-sac to be more exact. One generation after another drives around that cul-de-sac worshiping their idol and trying to outdo their neighbor with more sex, more stuff, more power, more information, and more fame. As fools often do, we mistake movement for progress. With brutal honesty about this fact, Ecclesiastes feels more like a punch in the gut than a kiss on the lips.
Released:
Aug 3, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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