The Next Book in the Bible That I Will Preach

The next book I plan on preaching (in 2024 – maybe late spring) is the Book of Ecclesiastes.

My normal preaching rhythm is to go back-and-forth between Testaments and mix up the genres. So, the last book(s) I preached was I and II Thessalonians, which means I need an O.T. book that would not fit under the didactic genre to preach next.

That leaves history, poetry and prophecy.

The last time I preached in the O.T. it was prophecy. I preached 4 of the Minor Prophets, which leaves me with O.T. history and O.T. poetry. The church I help pastor is doing its fair share of O.T. history in its Sunday School classes, which leaves O.T. poetry.

Poetry in the O.T. consists of Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon and maybe Job.

I preached through the entire Psalter at my previous church. I am currently doing a study of Proverbs in my small group. And I am not sure I have the maturity to preach through Song of Solomon yet. So, that leaves Ecclesiastes.

And while I have heard many say that Ecclesiastes is harder to preach through that what you might think, I am ready for the challenge.

Who should I use as a resource for Ecclesiastes? I have Barrick, Kidner, Kaiser, Leupold, Eaton, Provan, Swindoll, Wiersbe, Adams, Nelson, and Stedman.

Who am I missing? Has your pastor preached through Ecclesiastes? What other resource should I use?

In 2024, I look forward to exploring the meaning of life in this book by a wise man named Solomon.

The next book I plan on preaching (in 2024 – maybe late spring) is the Book of Ecclesiastes.

My normal preaching rhythm is to go back-and-forth between Testaments and mix up the genres. So, the last book(s) I preached was I and II Thessalonians, which means I need an O.T. book that would not fit under the didactic genre to preach next.

That leaves history, poetry and prophecy.

The last time I preached in the O.T. it was prophecy. I preached 4 of the Minor Prophets, which leaves me with O.T. history and O.T. poetry. The church I help pastor is doing its fair share of O.T. history in its Sunday School classes, which leaves O.T. poetry.

Poetry in the O.T. consists of Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon and maybe Job.

I preached through the entire Psalter at my previous church. I am currently doing a study of Proverbs in my small group. And I am not sure I have the maturity to preach through Song of Solomon yet. So, that leaves Ecclesiastes.

And while I have heard many say that Ecclesiastes is harder to preach through that what you might think, I am ready for the challenge.

Who should I use as a resource for Ecclesiastes? I have Barrick, Kidner, Kaiser, Leupold, Eaton, Provan, Swindoll, Wiersbe, Adams, Nelson, and Stedman.

Who am I missing? Has your pastor preached through Ecclesiastes? What other resource should I use?

In 2024, I look forward to exploring the meaning of life in this book by a wise man named Solomon.