July 19, 2015
At the threshing floor of Ornan, God stopped the sword of the Angel of the Lord. On the hill of Golgotha, Jesus Christ cried, “It is finished!” and absorbed the Father’s wrath.
July 5, 2015
King David was both the means of grace to Mephibosheth as well as a recipient of grace himself.
June 13, 2015
Earthly pleasure is empty, but eternal pleasure is found in Jesus Christ!
June 12, 2015
Solomon’s purpose in writing Ecclesiastes is clear—he seeks to demonstrate that there are two ways to live: “under the sun” or in “the fear of God.”
May 26, 2015
The book of Ruth is a “bridge” between the time of the local judges, a time of great spiritual and moral apostasy (1:1), and the coming kingship of Israel. God was looking for a man after his heart to sit on the throne of Israel. By God’s grace, Ruth’s loyalty made her a part of […]
May 12, 2015
Naomi had bigger plans for Ruth and Boaz than just gleaning grain. In this chapter we see not only that Ruth was loyal to Naomi, Boaz was also loyal to Ruth.
April 28, 2015
In the second chapter, Ruth makes good on her promise to Naomi. She promised to leave everything she had ever known about life in Moab to go to Israel with Naomi (1:16–17). Now she is in Bethlehem, trying to provide for herself and her mother-in-law.
April 14, 2015
Naomi is left alone: no husband, no sons, no land, and no food. She is in Moab, the place of God’s enemies. The quest for food that led her and her family out of Judah, however well-intentioned it seemed at the time, had come to absolutely nothing.
March 31, 2015
The book of Ruth is about loyalty or “kindness.” In this short book, we see over and over loyalty (or a lack of it). The main character of the book of Ruth is God himself, and the book shows God’s loyalty to Naomi, Ruth, Boaz, Elimelech, and the entire nation of Israel!
March 29, 2015
On this Palm Sunday let’s worship the overlooked Jesus who became our Savior and will return as the world’s King.