One of the things human beings like to do is reminisce. We remember days gone by and reflect nostalgically on our youth. Just like the Bruce Springsteen song, Glory Days, we spend way too much time remembering the “glory days” of our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Have you ever been scolded by a parent, a teacher, or an employer that you needed to get your priorities right? I can certainly recall times in my life when I had a severe case of misplaced priorities. It just seemed that what my parents and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As we come to the close of the book of Ruth, one of the things I would like to point out is that the book of Ruth is like a mini-story of Redemptive-History within the vast tapestry of the Biblical story of Redemptive History. So many of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When last we left our heroes, Ruth had come home to Naomi after an amazing day of gleaning in the fields of Boaz. Naomi couldn’t believe the haul that Ruth brought home, so she asks in whose field did you glean. When the name...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When last we left Ruth and Naomi, they had just returned to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley and wheat harvest (1:22). Recall in Ruth chapter one, Naomi and her family traveled to Moab from Bethlehem because there was a famine in the land...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What's In a Name? When you think about a church and why you should go to a church, the name, oftentimes, can tell you a lot about the church. In many cases, the name simply reflects the city or town in which the church resides. “Sutton Bible...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Two weeks ago we began a sermon series on the book of Ruth titled Through Famine to Fullness. We looked last Sunday at Ruth 1:1-22 in a sermon called Kindness in the Midst of Disaster. If you recall the story of Ruth 1, Naomi and her family...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
