The Meaninglessness of Earthly Life
Tony Evans' Radio
Tony Evans
4.8 • 8.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
We’re told we have the right to pursue happiness—but Dr. Tony Evans explains why we won’t find it unless we pursue something greater. Discover how to avoid a wasted life through God’s wisdom.
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| 0:00.0 | If you are looking for the meaning of life, in life, you won't find life. |
| 0:06.0 | Dr. Tony Evans talks about why so few people find what everybody is searching for. |
| 0:11.0 | You'll never get it, because as soon as you think you have it, you lose it. |
| 0:15.0 | This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans. |
| 0:24.2 | The Declaration of Independence says we have the right to pursue happiness, but what it doesn't say |
| 0:30.5 | is that we'll never find happiness unless we pursue something completely different. Dr. Evans |
| 0:35.9 | will tell us what that something else is as he begins |
| 0:38.7 | a powerful series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Let's join him. A man was asked about his life, |
| 0:46.7 | where his life was going. And he said, well, I'm going to finish high school so that I can |
| 0:54.0 | go to college. Well, what then? Well, I'm going to finish high school so that I can go to college. |
| 0:55.5 | Well, what then? |
| 0:56.6 | Well, I'm going to finish college so I can start my career. |
| 1:00.1 | Okay, that's great. |
| 1:01.2 | What then? |
| 1:02.2 | Well, then I'm planning to get married and have a family. |
| 1:05.5 | Okay? |
| 1:06.4 | Okay, what then? |
| 1:08.4 | Well, then I'm going to raise my kids and get rid of them when they become 18. |
| 1:17.5 | But what then? Then I'm going to look forward to retirement. |
| 1:22.3 | And when I can, don't have to work anymore and travel and see the world. |
| 1:28.0 | What then? |
| 1:30.6 | He said, well, then I'm going to die. |
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