Sermons from May 2025

In Memorium

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 I could spend months looking solely at the letters to the Thessalonians!  But today, I’d like us to look towards the end of the letter.  For, as we find ourselves nearing the end of the letter, Paul turns to the biggest problem that was facing the hearts of the Christians in Thessalonica: a similar problem facing many of us…

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…