Sermon
The Woman Who Was Willing To Wait
Boaz purchased Ruth in love just as Jesus purchased us on the cross.
Boaz purchased Ruth in love just as Jesus purchased us on the cross.
(Helpful to Sunday School Lesson of April 25, 1920, Ruth 1) “There was a famine in the land.” When there is nothing left God does His mightiest work. So often in the hour of famine God gives a record of mighty work in the Bible. It was a famine that drove Naomi’s husband into this land of Moab, but no blessing could come upon him while there. Abraham tried to get relief by leaving Canaan in a time of famine. We often try to get relief by turning to the world in a time of spiritual darkness, but there is … Read More >
When we’re experiencing loss and pain and heartache and grief, it either drives the roots of our faith deep into who God is for us or uproots us altogether.
Every one of us has lost something: a job, a loved one, or a sense of normalcy. And such losses cause us to grieve—individually or, at times, collectively across the world. In the book of Ruth, we find two women whose worlds have been shattered by loss and who don’t …