As Christians, we go to church, we serve in the church, we give to the church, and we make the church a top priority in our lives. But just what is God's divine design for community and fellowship in the Church? Why has it been set up this way, and exactly what [...]
Join us for the riveting conclusion to Chapter 3, where we take a look at Boaz’ response to the risqué midnight maneuvers orchestrated by Naomi and Ruth. Now where one might expect to find shock and rebuke and condemnation, we find instead just remarkable gentleness and grace and compassion! In the conduct [...]
Now if a person tells you they think the Bible is boring, that is a surefire sign that they have never read the third chapter of the book of Ruth! What is just remarkable about this passage, is that underneath all the suggestive innuendos and obvious ambiguities, you have smuggled into the [...]
In the 2nd chapter of this enchanting story, we experience first-hand what remarkable things can happen when divine sovereignty meets human responsibility. While telling of this remarkably industrious young woman stepping out in faith, the writer presents the striking sovereign hand of God behind the scenes the entire time - meticulously orchestrating [...]
God brought His prodigal daughter back to the land of promise, but Naomi sees neither the blessing of the harvest to come, nor the remarkable treasure God has furnished her in Ruth. At the root of her inability to see God’s extraordinary grace and provision, is an unwillingness to come to the [...]
Join us this week as we launch our new study in the book of Ruth! Set in one of the darkest periods in Israel’s history, this is a story that seeks to teach us that God is behind the scenes working extraordinary things through the lives of ordinary people, connecting them to [...]
In the riveting conclusion to our study in Jonah, God drills down deep and hits bedrock in Jonah’s heart, revealing the thing that had replaced God as uppermost in Jonah’s affections. If we say to God that we can’t love Him and serve Him without having a thing or keeping a thing [...]
Brought to an understanding of his own depravity and therefore the great grace of God upon his own soul, Jonah was now prepared to be an instrument of God’s grace to the people of Nineveh. What follows in Chapter 3 is by all accounts the most staggering revival ever recorded in human [...]
Some people believe their lives are little more than a series of events strung together by random chance and feel their lives ride on luck. Others believe their lives are controlled by other people and see themselves as victims. Others believe they are in control of their own lives and see themselves [...]
