Searching for Heaven on Earth: How to Find What Really Matters in Life

By David Jeremiah

Book Overview

A look at history's most successful man, Solomon, challenges the reader to find what really matters in life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591450667
• ISBN13: 9781591450665
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Integrity Pub
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Exceptional, Interesting Study of Ecclesiastes

Solomon wrote the book of Ecclesiastes at the end of his life. Its overall tone is melancholy. Why would this godly man be so sad? He had everything: wealth, success, wisdom - one would think he would be the perfect picture of a happy man. Yet, reading these verses would tell us otherwise. Dr. David Jeremiah, senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California, takes us deep into this book that contains so many lessons of life. He shows us Solomon's human-ness and deals with the hard questions, such as: Why is life so frustrating? Will I ever attain happiness? Is it too late for me? Or, as Dr. Jeremiah puts it: "Where can I find a little heaven on earth?" This is a thirty-one-day study into Ecclesiastes-thirty-one chapters asking and attempting to answer some of life's most difficult questions-for today. Solomon wasn't much different from any of the rest of us. I'm sure you remember this one `famous' verse: "Vanity of vanities [...] all is vanity." (Ec. 1:2) Solomon looked back on all he had and had done, and came to the conclusion that it was all vanity - "...no profit under the sun." (Ec. 2:11.) Dr. Jeremiah gives some excellent and timely examples of this very feeling throughout the book. Chapters titled: "Bored to Death;" "Trivial Pursuits;" "When Justice Isn't Just;" "Employment without Enjoyment;" "Life Cheats!" and "Life is Short: Enjoy It" to name just a few. The wonderful and well-known words of Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 - "To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die..." is dealt with in Chapter 5: Impressions About Life. This is excellent. The whole book is excellent, and very well done. I really enjoyed looking into the inner thoughts and explanations of Solomon as they apply to our lives today. This is one of those books I label "a keeper." It also comes with an accompanying journal, ISBN 1-59145-221-X. Now I don't journal, so I wasn't sure I'd be able to use this extra book that is available. But I found it to be a wonderful, perhaps even necessary, tool to use side-by-side with the book itself. Yes, I can highly recommend these books.