Ruth is no stranger to suffering. A woman of meager means and very few options, her story reveals how God can use consistent acts of ordinary faithfulness, devotion, and love to further his extraordinary plan of salvation.
Why has generation after generation of believers found comfort in the Heidelberg Catechism? This Reformed teaching tool connects faith to our everyday life experiences and offers comfort to ease our anxious hearts. Grow in understanding your place in God’s family and story through the episodes of our Groundwork series “I Belong to Jesus.”
When life beats us down and makes us question what God is doing to us, or if he even cares, we need to look no further than Naomi in the book of Ruth for the encouragement to remain steadfast in our faith.
Turn the pages of your Bible back to Genesis and rediscover why we Christians believe what we do. Revisit the familiar stories of Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel to discover how these stories inform our beliefs about God’s character, humanity, salvation, and the world.
What do Christians believe? Study the biblical foundations that provide the basis for the core beliefs of the Christian faith. You just might discover shared understanding, revival in your spiritual life, and a firm foundation for sharing your faith.
In our darkest times, we may question whether God loves us anymore. In the story of Naomi we find reassurance that God does not, by any means, hate us, but instead is with us in our suffering, working to bring fullness out of our emptiness.