Beyond Concours

Not only does God restore us, He restores us back to better than when He first created us. Just as Boaz redeemed Ruth, Christ redeems us and gives us a new identity among his covenant people.

Transforming Loyalty

In this part of the story, Naomi leaves Moab and begins her journey home to Bethlehem. Although Naomi urges Ruth to go back to her people and her gods, Ruth shows unwavering loyalty to Naomi and to Yahweh. Ruth’s loyalty is only a shadow of God’s loyalty...

A Pebble Drops

We begin our study of the book of Ruth by looking at the context of the story. In a time when there was no king in Israel and everyone did what was right in their own eyes, we focus in on a small town and a few ordinary people who were used by God in His grand plan of...

The Glory of the Tree

The final days of Jesus’ earthly ministry approaches. In the five first verses of Jesus’ High Priestly prayer, we learn about the significance of the tree upon which He was about to be hanged – a tree which surpasses all others in its glory, not...

Stories of Christ in the Bible

What do the stories of the Bible have to teach us? In this message we look at two familiar stories from the Old Testament to discover that they have more to teach us than we ever thought.