Released in the UK September 2015
Released in the US November 2015
Large trade paperback | 160 Pages
9781781916452 • £9.99 $14.99
BISAC – REL067000
Why Everything Matters
The Gospel in Ecclesiastes
Philip G. Ryken
Explores the book of Ecclesiastes
A book packed full of rich spiritual meaning
Excellent resource on this unpreached text
Ecclesiastes is for people who have their doubts about God, but can’t stop thinking about him. The author of Ecclesiastes had his doubts, too, and these have enabled him to speak to skeptics as well as believers down through the centuries.Ecclesiastes is a book rich in literary artistry and multi–layered depths of spiritual meaning. Philip G. Ryken explores this wonderful Old Testament book, and reminds us again of the need to trust God with the questions, even when we do not have all the answers.
Philip G. Ryken
Philip G. Ryken became President of Wheaton College in July 2010. Prior to that he was Senior Minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is also a prolific author and a member of the council of The Gospel Coalition.
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Christian Focus
Ryken has provided a study of Ecclesiastes for preachers and Sunday School teachers that is arranged in ten chapters of comparable length, packaging each chapter under a virtual hashtag that hints at the thrust of the chapter. Ryken's familiarity with contemporary language and cultural literature helps readers feel they are connected with Qoheleth in a way that makes his words relevant, if not contemporary. Why Everything Matters engages Ecclesiastes as a theological book with advice for living.
We are surrounded every day by people who seek to fill their emptiness with pleasures and achievements. No book in the Bible so clearly addresses this futile search as does Ecclesiastes. And no commentary I've ever read on Ecclesiastes so artfully answers every vain search with the good news of Christ as does Philip Ryken's Why Everything Matters.
Andrew Davis
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Durham, North Carolina
... Why Everything Matters is a remarkable read that will inform and elevate every heart with essential wisdom for living a life that matters.
R. Kent Hughes
Visiting Professor of Pastoral Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phil Ryken has made the message of a forgotten book in the Bible clear and applicable to those of us in the 21st Century. Using his literary insights and many contemporary illustrations, he shows us that people in today's world are asking the same questions and that Ecclesiastes points them to the same God who can give us purpose and meaning.
Steven Chin
Senior Pastor, Boston Chinese Evangelical Church, Boston, Massachusetts