"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, " Vanity of vanities! All is vanity" (NASB)." 

"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless (NIV)."

"So there is nothing new under the sun (NASB)."

". . .everything is futility (NASB)."

Is everything really meaningless in this life?

Have you ever scratched your head and wondered what Solomon was getting at?  Have you ever tried to figure out Solomon's train of thought but gave up in frustration?

In this 24 CD collection, Dr. Darryl DelHousaye helps us to understand what Solomon was getting at and shows that there really was something Solomon was getting at, and also that there is a structure to the book.

Ecclesiastes is a book of "acceptive wisdom."

Here is what one reviewer has to say about Dr. DelHousaye's explanation of "acceptive wisdom":

"Affirmative wisdom is when one can begin to figure out and understand how God's world works and how you can become successful at living in it.  Where Acceptive wisdom recognizes the paradox of life, the tension of life.  "The fact is", says DelHousaye, "we cannot always figure it out and understand how God's world works.  At times it doesn't make a whole lot of sense!"

and:

"Ecclesiastes is Acceptive Wisdom - trying to make sense of of an apparent senseless world - trying to put it all together with all its contradictions and enigmas along with the challenge of acquiring it before life passes us by like a vapor.  Does that mean life is senseless, and therefore, meaningless?  It may pass by too fast for any of us to figure it out, but not for the eternal God who created it.  A life based on God's wisdom is one that will not be lived in vain.  Consider the following ancient secrets revealed to us through Kohelet:

• God is wise and has a plan even when we can't always figure it out (3:11; 7:14; 8:17).
• God is good and life is a good gift from him (3:12, 13)
• God is just and shall reward the good and judge the wrongs that have been done (3:16-17; 8:11-13)

Thus, as you can see, Kohelet is actually emphasizing a point:  the preciousness of life; Carpe Diem.  Enjoy the good of creation now for it passes quickly like a vapor.  Seize the moment of life!  Life is a good gift from the hand of God."

 http://www.boomerinthepew.com/2009/07/ecclesiastes-kohelet-king-solomon-and-the-meaning-of-life.html

Table of contents:

Chapter 1 - Who is Kohelet? -- Chapter 2 The enigma of pursuit (Eccl.1:1-11) -- Chapter 3 The Welt of wisdom (Eccl.1:12-18) -- Chapter 4 The enigma of pleasure (Eccl. 2:1-11) -- Chapter 5 The gift of life (Eccl. 2:12-26) -- Chapter 6 There is a plan (Eccl. 3:1-15) -- Chapter 7 Life isn't fair (Eccl. 3:16-22) -- Chapter 8 Success can be lethal (Eccl. 4:1-8) -- Chapter 9 Life is more than coping (Eccl. 4:9-16) -- Chapter 10 Wisdom in worship (Eccl. 5:1-7) -- Chapter 11 The illusions of wealth (Eccl. 5:8-17) -- Chapter 12 From the hand of God (Eccl. 5:18-20) -- Chapter 13 Who is better off? Part 1 (Eccl. 6:1-12) -- Chapter 14 Who is better off? Part 2 (Eccl.7:1-8) -- Chapter 15 Wisdom to the wise (Eccl. 7:9-14) -- Chapter 16 Too righteous for your own good (Eccl. 7:15-18) -- Chapter 17 What's wrong with me? (Eccl. 7:19-29) -- Chapter 18 A wise understanding of authority (Eccl. 8:1-9) -- Chapter 19 When God doesn't make sense (Eccl. 8:10-17) -- Chapter 20 When the curtain falls (Eccl. 9:1-10) -- Chapter 21 Success to the unsuspecting (Eccl. 9:11-18) -- Chapter 22 The art of good sense, part 1 (Eccl. 10:1-11) -- Chapter 23 The art of good sense: part 2 (Eccl. 10:12-20) -- Chapter 24 Casting bread upon the waters (Eccl. 11:1-6) -- Chapter 25 The days of our life (Eccl. 11:7-10) -- Chapter 26 Wisdom for the aging (Eccl. 12:1-8) -- Chapter 27 An understanding of life (Eccl. 12:9-14) – Appendix: what is the gospel?