In Ruth 1, we meet three men and three women, who suddenly separate, leaving all in apparently impossible situations. By the end of the first chapter, there is a ray of hope for the women but none for the men. Even so, one of the women remains convinced that God is against her, since her life has taken tragic turns. As we face suffering in our own lives, we also can conclude that God is against us, unless we consider what he did by sending his own Son.
Pastor Al Barth preached from John 4:1-30 about Jesus’ encounter one hot day with a foreign woman who had a checkered past. As it...
The LORD uses leaders to deal with threats to the welfare of his people, and he is the God who delivers them.
As we ended the first chapter of Ruth, there was a ray of hope for the two widows. Maybe they would not starve to...