Is this Naomi? The return to Bethlehem caused quite a stir and not a few questions. Naomi speaks reflectively on her bitter experience.
Is this Naomi? The return to Bethlehem caused quite a stir and not a few questions. Naomi speaks reflectively on her bitter experience.
What does faith require? A couple of widows wrestle with the hardships of life. Each make a choice. Ruth’s choice illustrates how faith is not a mere abstract set of interesting ideas, but affects and informs real life.
From Bad to Worse Meet Naomi, whose life is about to be made much more difficult. Her hardships put her in the line suffering saints, like Job.
Why study the book of Ruth? What does the happenings in a rural grain field over three thousand years ago have to do with us today? Probably more than we think. Ruth is a story of universal human experience, speaking to the most fundamental human needs. Who cannot relate to the death of a spouse,…
How does it all end? Acts concludes with Paul’s interaction with the unbelieving Jews in Rome. Luke leaves Paul under house arrest and preaching Jesus Christ and the kingdom of God to all who would come to him.
Two months on Malta Paul and the rest of the people from the ship end up on the island of Malta after the shipwreck. They are closer, but still have a long way to go to get to Rome.
Making it out alive The ship had been at sea for two weeks in the midst of a driving, terrible storm. Paul succeeds in encouraging the crew and passengers, and the words of the angel are fulfilled.
A fair day at sea? The voyage began under seemingly favorable conditions. It’s not long though, before they face a storm causing them to lose hope.
And to Rome The journey to Rome finally begins for Paul. However, it will not be a straight and easy path.
Was Paul’s evangelism successful? In around two years, he had spoken to the Roman Tribune Lysias in Jerusalem, the Sanhedrin Council in Jerusalem, and Felix, Festus, and Agrippa in Caesarea, along with others. As far as we know, none of them became believers in Jesus Christ. Was he successful.