As we ended the first chapter of Ruth, there was a ray of hope for the two widows. Maybe they would not starve to death after all, since they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. In Ruth 2, Ruth proposed to pick up leftover grain behind the harvesters and found her way into the field of a man named Boaz. The interaction between Ruth and Boaz on the day they met ended up providing bread for the widows for months to come. Also, they both exhibited a combination of characteristics that we find irresistible, because it reveals the longings of our hearts and points to the one who can satisfy those longings.
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...
God gave us The Ten Words, which show us how to live well and our need for Jesus Christ.
Dying and rising with Christ through faith transforms wives and husbands and solves the basic problem of marriages.