God Magnified, Season 2, Episode 5 for Monday, August 31, 2020 Boaz gave Ruth more than a job in the field, he gave her a seat at the table. God through Boaz blesses Ruth with more food than she can eat, more barley than she needs, more security than she expects, and more blessings than she […]

God Magnified, Season 2, Episode 4 for Monday, August 24, 2020 God, through His timing, had worked out that Naomi and Ruth returned to Bethlehem at the start of the barley harvest. Because of provisions in the Law of Moses, Ruth was able to harvest the edges of the fields and follow the reapers to get what […]

God Magnified, Season 2, Episode 3 for Monday, August 17, 2020 Bitterness can set in when we feel like we have been treated unfairly. Naomi was bitter because she felt the Lord had brought calamity upon her. She was so bitter, she even wanted to change her name from Naomi (“Pleasant”) to Mara (“Bitter”). Though Naomi’s story may […]

God Magnified, Season 2, Episode 2 for Monday, August 10, 2020 Few things this side of heaven are better than a loyal friend. In Ruth 1:6-18 we see how Ruth’s loyalty and fidelity is able to break down the barriers of Naomi’s bitterness and cynicism. In Ruth’s radical devotion we see not only a shadow of Christ’s […]

God Magnified, Season 2, Episode 1 for Monday, August 3, 2020 Season two of God Magnified begins by looking at the book of Ruth. Ruth is a short book that is easy to overlook but is filled with the wonderful works of God. Though Ruth begins with despair, death, and famine, it ends with hope, life, and abundance. […]

God Magnified, Season 1, Episode 20 for Monday, May 25, 2020 Throughout the Bible there are short sections known as “doxologies.” These doxologies are all about praising and ascribing glory to God and magnifying His greatness. In Jude 24-25, Jude ends his epistle about contending for the faith by ascribing glory, majesty, dominion, and authority […]

God Magnified, Season 1, Episode 19 for Monday, May 18, 2020 While Jude spends a lot of time describing the false teachers who were antagonizing Christians in the first century, he begins to finish his letter by showing how the faithful are to be unlike the ungodly. Contending for the faith is more than just […]

God Magnified, Season 1, Episode 18 for Monday, May 11, 2020 In Jude 14-16 God has something really important to say about the ungodly. Their fate is emphasized by an obscure prophet of old, and their conduct is summarized in challenging language. Though it may seem impossible to see the glory of God in a […]

God Magnified, Season 1, Episode 17 for Monday, May 4, 2020 What are the false teachers in Jude really like? What do they do that’s so bad to deserve eternal punishment? Jude has already given us the example of faithless Israel, fallen angels, and Sodom and Gomorrha, but now he zooms in on the specific makeup […]

God Magnified, Season 1, Episode 16 for Monday, April 27, 2020 Though the idea of punishment carries a negative connotation, Jude employed it to encourage his readers to remain faithful. Since false teachers take advantage of others while tempting God’s people to join them, the reminder of past punishment in Jude 5-7 serves as a somber reminder […]