David’s song pictures God’s powerful voice as a earth-shattering thunderstorm, sweeping in from the sea and washing through Israel.Psalm 29Gene Pensiero JrWe Are Live TodayFind us on Substack https://calvaryhanford.substack.com/Find us on YouTube https://youtube.com/calvaryhanfordExplore the awe-ins

David finds himself in a fight or flight situation, but instead decides to go through door number three: Right. The way of God’s righteousness.Psalm 11Gene Pensiero JrHomeFind us on Substack https://calvaryhanford.substack.com/Find us on YouTube https://youtube.com/calvaryhanfordWelcome to an in-dep

A new year, the same God! In Psalm 33, we are invited to reflect on the greatness of God’s power and love and to respond with worship while we wait for Him to do what He wants to do.Psalm 33Gene Pensiero JrHomeWatch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/calvaryhanfordFind us on Substack https://calvary

As Ecclesiastes comes to a close, the author gives us some closing remarks about the Teacher and a warning for us to fear God and obey.Our text in this study is: Ecclesiastes 12:9-14 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, v

The Teacher urges us to remember our Creator before our youthful vitality is swallowed up by the ravages of age.Our text in this study is: Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundre

The Teacher tells us to live with grit and diligence, despite the unknowable nature of this life. Doing so in the fear of God leads us to the good life.Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and

The Teacher shows us the path of the fool and the path of the wise, showing what happens when you take each one.Ecclesiastes 10:2-20 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies throug

What is relational sovereignty?Christians wrestle with how to understand how God’s sovereignty works. On the one hand, the Bible clearly presents God as sovereign over all the universe. But, at the same time, it also presents God’s will and activity as being flexible and even acted upon by His creat

The Teacher honestly shares a major finding in his studies – that the world is a consistently unfair place. How does this reality square with our understanding of God’s sovereignty?Ecclesiastes 9:11-10:1 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/th

Casanova was trying to live a life that could escape death. We are the dying who know we are going to live. Ecclesiastes 8:16-9:10 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through

The Teacher speaks about the importance of obeying the government even when government isn’t good.Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through the Bible at

The Teacher comes to the sad conclusion that only one in a thousand people live a life worth living. But know the secret of how we can become the one in a thousand.Ecclesiastes 7:15-29 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio,

The Teacher challenges us to spend some time at funerals to make sure we’re properly valuing our lives.Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through the Bibl

The Teacher slips back into despondency as he realizes all his attempts to find happiness and meaning in life come up short.Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other stu

The Teacher warns us about the negative consequences of a life lived in pursuit of wealth.Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through the Bible at https://

The Teacher urges care and caution when we stand, speak, and make promises in God’s house.Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through the Bible at https://c

The Teacher considers how humans pursue wealth instead of relationships and how that leads to disaster personally and nationally.Ecclesiastes 4:4-16 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of othe

The Teacher loses heart because of the pervasive injustice in the world.Ecclesiastes 3:15-4:3 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through the Bible at https://calvaryhanford.c

The Teacher reflects on the full spectrum of the human experience and concludes that the fear of God leads to a life worth living.Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of oth

The Teacher grapples with the fact that death will rob him of all his life’s work one day.After all his achievements, experiences, and greatness, the Teacher realizes that none of it will last forever, which drives him into a deep depression. The only way out is a good theology.Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

Everyone wants to live the good life. Is that such a bad thing? The Teacher lived the good life to an extreme none of us can imagine. He had every pleasure imaginable and, in the end, he said it was all hevel – smoke that dissipated whenever he tried to grab it. If living the good life doesn’t ultim

The Teacher invites us into his lab to show us his credentials and methodology and to give us the abstract of his research: Humans can’t figure out the meaning of life.Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind au

The Teacher reveals that humanity is stuck in a system that leaves us unfulfilled and forgotten.Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through the Bible at ht

The author introduces us to the Teacher, who has some sharp words to share with us.Ecclesiastes 1:1-2 Series: The Pursuit Gene Pensiero JrFind the rest of the series at https://calvaryhanford.com/thepursuitFind audio, video, and text of hundreds of other studies through the Bible at https://calvaryh