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Ruth

Love Wins the Day

November 20, 2016 • Pastor Bill Riedel

Ruth 4 is a beautiful portrait of redemption and life. We will work together to gain an understanding of the cultural context of the story. As a church, we get to celebrate God's goodness, grace, and provision, even as we look ahead to Thanksgiving.

Learning to Think in Love

October 30, 2016 • Pastor Bill Riedel

We get to see a racy scene on the threshing floor as Ruth follows Naomi's plan to connect with Boaz. This is an important look at wisdom and love, and at romantic love.

The Shape of the Journey

October 23, 2016 • Pastor Bill Riedel

We have a tendency to think of life and history as cyclical. Good always follows bad, and the bad always follows good. Throughout the Bible, though, there are stories that follow a different pattern. One of Life – Death – Resurrection. As we'll learn from Ruth, followers of Christ are called to embrace the downward path, not to push against it or worry about it.

Committed Love

October 9, 2016 • Pastor Bill Riedel

There was a famine in the "house of bread", "My God is King" is dead, and "Pleasant's" husband and sons have died. So opens the book of Ruth. In this short series, Pastor Bill will be walking us through the book of Ruth. To guide us in this study, we will use Paul Miller's book A Loving Life in a World of Broken Relationships. In this first sermon, we see the necessity of lament and what real love looks like.