Everything Is Never Enough

Ecclesiastes' Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness

By: Bobby Jamieson

Narrated by: Bobby Jamieson

WINNER OF THE CHRISTIANITY TODAY BOOK AWARD AND THE GOSPEL COALITION BOOK AWARD • How can you be happy? Who can show you the path to happiness? Pastor Bobby Jamieson shatters our illusions of what will make us happy and blazes a surprisingly simple trail to resilient joy.

“Bobby Jamieson brings an ancient text to bear on the challenge of living fully. The result is fresh, direct, and enlivening.”—Matthew B. Crawford, New York Times bestselling author of Shop Class as Soul Craft

Does it feel like you should be happy, and want to be happy, and try to be happy, but somehow you just can’t be happy? One way to be unhappy is not getting what you most want. Another way is to get all you could possibly want…only to discover that everything is not enough.

The writer of Ecclesiastes did it all. He had money, education, possessions, sex, and power—everything the modern world promises will bring joy—and yet he was never satisfied. And from his discontent, we benefit and find a surprisingly simple trail to lasting joy.

In this thoughtful exploration of Ecclesiastes, which speaks to all of us who feel restless and unfulfilled, Pastor Bobby Jamieson:

• teaches us how placing life on an eternal horizon empowers us to experience joy no matter our circumstances
• puts Ecclesiastes into dialogue with profoundly insightful critics of modernity to show that life in the modern West is a conveyor belt toward burnout
• helps us dismantle our false hopes one by one, clearing ground for true satisfaction

Poetic yet straightforward, philosophical yet accessible, Everything Is Never Enough frees us to stop grasping at broken promises and start receiving life as a gift of God’s grace.

Deserves a standing ovation

I'd give this book 10 stars if I could. I just finished but expect it to stay on my all-time favorites list. Ecclesiastes itself made a lasting mark on me years ago, and this is a very rich reflection and application of its wisdom. Jamieson's writing is poetic AND clear, deep AND accessible, philosophical AND practical, biblically faithful AND culturally aware. Even if you don't care for the biblical book that inspired it, I'm confident you'll be challenged and helped by Jamieson's thoughts.

This is the best Bible study I’ve ever experienced.

Loved the narration, only the author could have done it so well (Bobby is the narrator). First couple of chapters are a bit heavy but hang on, you’ll get hooked

The answer to today’s malaise

Scripture is always the answer it seems and this is an excellent guide to walk through Ecclesiastes and have a better understanding of of life in all its ups and downs.

A Book I wish I was clever enough to write

I am preaching through Ecclesiastes and this is easily a top two or three resource for understanding and enjoying Ecclesiastes.

Great insight

The perspective of life that was learned from wisdom, life experience, and the scriptures is organized and presented clearly. The true meaning of life and purpose of life.