Were Old Testament Believers Motivated by Eternal Rewards? 

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Did Adam and Eve know about the doctrine of eternal rewards? What about subsequent generations? Enoch (generation seven)? Abraham (generation twenty)? Moses (generation twenty-six)? King David (generation thirty-four)? Various words are used in the OT to refer to the idea of rewards: reward, recompense, reap, and judgment are four of the most prominent. While it
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Was Solomon Out of Fellowship With God When He Wrote Ecclesiastes?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about the author of Ecclesiastes. Could an idolater, such as Solomon was in the latter part of his life or reign, have been an author of a book of the Bible? What will it be like in the future kingdom for Solomon? We invite you to listen today (and each weekday) to the Grace in Focus podcast!

The Last Words in Ecclesiastes (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)

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Ecclesiastes is a difficult book. The reason is probably because Solomon was seeking pleasure and wisdom from a humanistic perspective. But by the time he gets to the end of the book, Solomon has clearly shown that from a humanistic perspective, life has no meaning or purpose. It is all vain. Solomon concludes in this
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