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.
When we considered the Covenant of Law given through Moses, we detected a major problem that we have with God’s law: we cannot keep...
Although we work for the growth of the kingdom, it grows mysteriously in ways that we cannot understand or control.
Through his death Christ has brought near believers from the nations who were very far from God.