Five hundred years ago, a young monk in Germany was doing everything religion required of him — and still had no peace. His name was Martin Luther, and the book that changed his life was Galatians. The same temptation that tormented Luther is still alive today, and Paul has something to say about it.
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When you zoom in on a photo, you think you have the whole story. But tap that wide-angle lens and suddenly there is far more in the frame than you ever realized. That is exactly what the final verses of Ruth do to everything we thought we understood about this story.
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When I was fresh out of seminary, someone paid a bill I couldn’t pay and asked for nothing in return. That moment has stayed with me — because it is a picture of exactly what God does in Ruth Chapter 4.
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In Ruth 3:6–18, we find a Redeemer who makes a promise in the darkness of a threshing floor — and then refuses to rest until he keeps it. That is the story of our Redeemer too.
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The question isn’t if the storm will come. The question is how you will respond when it does. In Mark 4:35–41, God gives us four greats — and together they point us to the greatness of Jesus in the middle of our worst moments.
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Ruth came to the field of Boaz hoping to pick up the scraps at the edges. She wasn’t expecting to be seen. But Boaz looked at her and said: Come. Sit with us. Eat. God’s grace never gives you the minimum — He calls you to the table.
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Have you ever looked back on your life and seen how God just so happened to place you in exactly the right place at exactly the right time? Ruth 2 is a masterclass in the hidden providence of God — and what it looks like to take refuge under His wings.
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Pastoral pride is rarely loud. It doesn’t announce itself. It slips in quietly and looks a lot like caring about your ministry. Here’s what I’ve learned about where to direct our boasting.
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Before the book of Ruth becomes beautiful, it first takes us to the bottom. Ruth 1 opens with tragedy, loss, and bitterness — and it answers the question we’ve all asked in our hardest moments: where is God when life falls apart?
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Four friends. A paralyzed man. A packed house. A hole in the roof. Mark 2:1–12 gives us one of the most vivid scenes in all the Gospels — and a simple but uncomfortable question: who are you on mission to bring to Jesus?
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