When I was in elementary and junior high school, I had more than one teacher ask us a question I didn’t like then and I don’t like now, namely: If you had to lose one of your five senses, and were allowed to choose which one, which would you choose? …
In considering the book of Ruth these past few weeks, we noted that Mahlon, Ruth’s first husband, was an Ephrathite, Ephrathah being the name of an area around Bethlehem in Judah. And we also noted that part of the significance of this was that these are the same clan, city, …
Last Sunday we saw how the LORD, by way of his providence—not coincidence!—led Ruth to glean in the field of kind Boaz, a man who was from the same clan as Elimelek, Naomi (Ruth’s mother-in-law)’s, deceased husband.[1] Boaz insisted that Ruth remain gleaning in his field and reassured her by …
Last week we saw how Ruth, a Moabite woman who had married an Israelite man, clung to and refused to leave her mother-in-law, Naomi, after they had lost their husbands and Naomi thereby determined to return back to her home in Bethlehem in Judah. For Naomi this decision was a …
Not too long ago Ron and I went to hear Peter Sagal, described by Wikipedia as “an American humorist, writer, and host of the National Public Radio game show Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me” at the Shalin Liu in Rockport. We didn’t really know what to expect, being only familiar …
When Ron and I were married almost 4-1/2 years ago, I packed up all of my possessions to move from Illinois—which had been my home for over fifteen years—to make a new home in Haverhill where we would start our new lives together as husband and wife. And though given …
As we saw last week, for an undetermined amount of time God allowed Job not only to undergo deep grief, loss, and physical suffering but also to have his suffering compounded by friends who insisted he was somehow to blame for his suffering. Through numerous exchanges throughout the book, Job …
In our highlighting some key chapters in the Book of Job, we turn this morning to God’s initial response to Job who, from the start of his suffering, had been seeking God out that he might make his case before his Maker and Judge and be vindicated before friends who …
Have you ever asked “Where is God?” Whether because you were perplexed or hurting or lonely or seeking him and his guidance? Have you ever wondered if he is there at all or, if he is there, whether he hears or cares about us? If you have, you’re not alone. …
One of the first choruses I learned after coming to a saving faith and knowledge of Jesus Christ was one that put Micah 6:8 to music [sing]: He has shown thee, O man, what is good and what the Lord requires of thee? But to do justly and to love …
