Faithful In Vanity Fair

Now Vanity Fair had on sale simply everything – houses, lands, trades, places, honors, titles, countries, kingdoms, lusts, pleasures and delights of all sorts, as whores, bawds, wives, husbands, children, masters, servants, lives, bloods, bodies, souls, silver, gold and precious stones. Going on at

A Prayer for Turning from Vanity

Oh, how we need this prayer as this year of vanity comes to a close and we enter the new year of vanity! We must be able to look beyond the vanities of this world. This world is passing away with its vanities. As we continue our pilgrim way in the new year, let us be found to be people of prayer --

A Look at Waste Products Through the Spectacles of Scripture

The word “vanity” also captures the idea behind the waste that we find piling up. “Vanity” means “emptiness” and figuratively refers to something transientory and unsatisfactory. We live in a disposable society. What is “in” changes so fast and everyone is in such a hurry so packaging for the things

Another Year of Vanity

1. The Explanation of It
2. The Expression of It
3. The Escape from It Scripture: Eccl. 1 Text: Eccl. 1:2

More than that, though, it is the word of the living God, who from his throne in heaven looks down upon all the affairs of human beings on this earth. And God says, vanity of vanity, saith the Lord, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. That's how the book of Ecclesiastes begins and that's how the

I Remember Herman Hoeksema – Personal Remembrances of a Great Man (10)

In the New Testament it has come to mean “a desire to put one’s self forward,” “a partisan and factious spirit which does not disdain low arts,” “rivalry,” and “ambition.” Its close associate is “vainglory,” “groundless self-esteem,” “empty pride.” In fact, ambition has its roots in vainglory. The l

Watching Daily At My Gates

It is the last part to which I call your attention. The word vanity in Scripture means emptiness or nothingness. Do you think the sports stars of today’s world use these words? Do you think those men who desecrate the Sabbath and then claim to give God glory for their victories would conclude that m

Is Life Worthless?

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. Solomo

Remember Now Thy Creator — In the Home

In the preceding chapters, he mentioned in detail what this vanity amounts to: wisdom and philosophy is vanity, so is science and knowledge apart from God, pleasures, materialism, fatalism, the big I, false religion, wealth, immoral living. Instead of this, youth does best to face the conclusion of

Watching Daily At My Gates

When we become concerned only for this worldly life and its things we will not serve God nor taste His delights. We pray, “Turn our eyes from beholding vanity.” Vanity is emptiness. Think of that when you are primping to meet your friends, or are putting on a false front. Such a way is empty and lea

Remembering our Creator (Ecclesiastes 12:1-8)

Vanity, a transitory thing that does not abide or endure, is empty in itself, a passing moment 'under the sun.' Such 'under the sun' is the life of man, and man himself dies. Man has no power to retain the spirit. Only in God, the Creator who in Christ is God our Redeemer, is there an answer. That r