Ruth 3:1-18 // God's covenant love is shown through 1) Strategic Concern; 2) Faithful Risk-Taking; and 3) Determined Promise Keeping.

Ruth 2:1-23 // God shows up in the life of Ruth and Naomi through the providential care of Boaz, and he shows up in our stories by rooting our hope in his sovereign hand through the kindness of his people, the Church.

Ephesians 3:1-13 // We need to see what’s above the clouds of mystery and confusion—to the mystery of the gospel revealed to the least of the saints and the protective care of our Great Shepherd, both now and for eternity.

Ephesians 2:8-10 // Your great salvation, from beginning to end, is the result of God’s free grace and not your own working, and therefore your only confidence and boast is in his work.

Ephesians 2:1-7 // We are all on a journey of "self-discovery. Two realities of identity become clear for the Christian in this text. First, you were dead in sin, a disciple of Satan and his world. Second, you are alive, raised and seated with Christ by the kind grace of God. What a reversal!

Ephesians 1:15-23 // Our continual prayer together is for an increase in the heart of our knowledge of God, for "God-Thoughts" of the hope of our calling, the glory of our inheritance, and the immeasurable power of God filling all things in Christ through the church.

Ephesians 1:11-14 // How can we trust that the spiritual blessings afforded to us in Christ are really ours? Because we have been chosen as God's portion and sealed with God's Spirit himself now and forever.

Ephesians 1:7-10 // The second spiritual blessing we find in Christ is redemption—both from sin and into forgiveness by the blood of Christ, and also from darkness to the wisdom of God's plan to bring all things together in Christ.

Ephesians 1:3-6 // How do we handle the ups and downs of our life in this world? We hold fast to the solid spiritual blessings afforded to us in Christ, starting with this: God the Father chose us from eternity past to be his holy sons.

Acts 13:1-3, 14:1-28 // God is in the business of calling the church to "Antioch Moments" where his Spirit moves to empower the mission of the gospel. This mission is marked by Bold Proclamation in the Midst of Opposition, Contextualization in the Midst of Cultural Diversity, and Courageous Realism in the face of Suffering and Tribulation.