CURRENT SERMON SERIES
Ruth is one of those books whose riches never seem to run out. You can read it in ten minutes and relish it for a lifetime. On the surface, it’s a simple and very short story about two ordinary, Iron Age widows trying to find a way forward in a spiritually decaying culture. It’s a story about how two of the most remarkable and lauded people in the entire Bible cross racial, economic, and ethnic barriers and come to be married. And it’s also the story of how a Moabite widow becomes the matriarch of the monarchical line that will not only lead to King David but to King Jesus himself.
At a deeper level this is a book about self-giving love in action, with kindness being the underlying concept that runs through the whole book and is the characteristic drawn out of both Ruth and Boaz who point to the kindness and loving mercy of God. The whole narrative demonstrates what it means to live as the people of God.
The story of Ruth is a reminder to us all that our ever-so-ordinary Christian life of work, family, relationships, and community has a distinctive part to play in God’s epic purposes in time and eternity. That we, by being obedient to God, living His ways in all aspects of our lives, showing kindness, mercy and grace to people whose paths we come across, can have a remarkable impact on the world around us.
This series begins on Sunday 5 July. To watch the services from this series check out the playlist on our
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