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our Bible study in Ecclesiasties. This week we look at the cultural tug of war as our meaningless life

trip through Ecclesiasties lands in chapter 8 verses 2 through 17.

Start with the question, did you ever play tug of war as a kid

some months ago at the end of the last school year?

I went to my kids school and they had their

field day activities. I don't know if you recall those. And one of the big events was the

tug of war and we played it when I was a kid as well and usually the way it works

there's a big long rope there are some kids on the left some kids on the right and in the

middle is a red bandana and the goal is to pull that bandana over a line so that one side left or right emerges

victoriously to make that happen. The left and the right are

pulling as hard as they can trying to drag everyone else in their direction.

Politically speaking, most people in the Western world today feel like that red bandana.

Are you feeling that way?

It's amazing to think that we're a long ways off

from an election, but those candidates

and their issues are dominating the headlines

and domineering cultural discussions. And what happens every election season is that a

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