Sermons on Women of the Bible

Naomi: A Favored Mother-in-Law (Part 2)

Ruth 3:1-18; Ruth 4:1-22 Can God restore a broken soul?  This isn’t just a thought-question.  For most of us have, at some point or another, felt this feeling of abandonment and brokenness.  Can God do the thing we struggle to do: can He heal and redeem our trauma and bring us through to something better?  For the answer, we turn to Ruth…

Naomi – A Favored Mother-in-Law (Part 1)

Ruth 1:1-22; Ruth 2:1-23 Ruth takes place during a difficult time in the history of the Jewish people: the time of the judges, “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (Judges 17:6) In that age, we find ourselves focused not on the current judge or some priest or prophet.  Instead, we…