Dr. Klausen, thank you for sitting down. I want to talk to you about the book of

Ecclesiastes. When we look at Ecclesiastes, it's written, largely people assume to be King

Solomon. He says, I Solomon. He is the wisest and the wealthiest man in human history, you could

say. He's got everything money could buy. He's got 300 wives and 700 concubines. He has every

single woman he ever desired. And yet you find throughout the book that he is searching for

satisfaction and yearning for significance.

And he can't seem to find it in anything under the sun.

And you see that reoccurring theme.

But I want to maybe even as you're teaching through this with a large group of men,

talk to us about the book of Ecclesiastes.

Why is it so contemporary?

Why is it so relevant to even what you see amongst many men today? What are

some of the grand themes that emerge? And what are the main principles from the book that are

helpful for us in even our modern context? Yeah, there's a lot there. And I'll try to answer all those

questions, but certainly jump in and explain God. Yeah, yeah, that's right. Yeah. Well, first of all, I do believe it was Solomon who wrote this.

And I would say that there has never been a man so uniquely fitted for writing a book like this than Solomon.

As you said, one who has gifted an incredible amount of wisdom, First Kings 4 says that he was wiser than anyone in the East.

And the Lord had gifted him that insight, that knowledge. Secondly, he was one who had all that men would ever think that they need. He had the wealth. He also had

all the political power that one could want at that time. And he tried with pleasure in so many

different ways as well. He was able to test it all. And so in terms of one who, at a low point in his life,

as he descended right up to the doorstep of folly,

you know, he had seen it all, he had experienced it all. And thankfully, as one who was preserved by the

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