Joy at the End of the Tether

By Douglas Wilson

Book Overview

Joy at the End of the Tether: The Inscrutable Wisdom of Ecclesiastes 'In this lively reading of Ecclesiastes, Doug Wilson reveals its powerful lessons of vanity, joy, celebration, and the sovereignty... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885767501
• ISBN13: 9781885767509
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Canon Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding Short Overview of Ecclesiastes

Doug Wilson's exposition of the book of Ecclesiastes is concise, well reasoned, and outstanding. He offers real world application on the following subjects: - Joy - Despair - Right Judgment - Loving your wife - The Law - The Place of Working Hard - And other topics Wilson furnishes a review at the end of each chapter. This is a short overview of book of Ecclesiastes (125 pages) consequently it makes a good devotional resource for believers as they simultaneously read and ponder Solomon's prose. It lacks the deep detail required for biblical preaching but can be used to augment therein. The author's writing style is precise, yet smooth. I suggest you pick this fine overview of an important book in God's word. By Michael A Robinson author of numerous books on apologetics and philosophy; Including: Letter to an Atheist Nation: Presupositional Apologetics Responds To: Letter to a Christian

Howard Eames, Headmaster Redeemer Christian School, Arizona

Doug Wilson has finally provided the biblical balance for this book that contemporaries of our Lord Jesus would have said "defiled the hands." Unfortunately, many contemporary Christian expositors have agreed. This is not a book written by a backslidden schizophrenic. But it is a book of profound philosophy and a glorious exposure of the world's vanities. Every thing from inscrutable repetitiveness to ephemeral transitoriness is there - but the Church has had its exegetical eyes closed. Doug has steered a clear path between the Scylla and Charybdis of biblical interpretation. Skip the others and buy Wilson and Kaiser.