The remarkable love story of Ruth reminds us that we can all have an intimate relationship with God, no matter how far away we may think we are. Our love for God intensifies as we draw closer to Him - from stranger, to distant relative, to family member, to finally His bride.

God does not call the equipped, He equips the called.

Moses and Joshua provide a pattern for leadership development, modeling mentorship, apprenticeship, and successorship, to lead God’s people in ship shape to enter the Promised Land.

If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and have received Him as your Savior, the person you are now has never existed before and, the person you were before will never exist again. You have been “Born Again”! You have a new family of origin.

The Ten Commandments are often viewed as a list of “don'ts” and applied in a legalistic way. The truth is, they are the vows of a loving covenant relationship between God and His people.

The Ten Commandments are often viewed as a list of “don'ts” and applied in a legalistic way. The truth is, they are the vows of a loving covenant relationship between God and His people.

God's people today are not unlike the Hebrew nation He rescued out of Egypt: we've been set free from a life of bondage, we have everything we need for our life's journey miraculously supplied, we are destined to enter the land of promise, and yet we can still find something to complain about. If we read between the “whines” in the story of the exodus we'll discover that there really is no reason to complain.

The promise of the Passover, the overarching theme of the Bible, and the fundamental question of life is “Who is the Lord?” Life will never make sense until we personally arrive at the only true answer: Jesus is Lord!

Oftentimes, God takes the circuitous route to a predictable outcome when He could pronounce and enact His Will immediately. When this happens, we're given good cause to pause and reflect on the lesson to be learned.

Like Moses, we struggle sometimes with identity issues. We think, “who am I and how can God seriously be interested in me?” But when we decide to invite Him into our lives, we get a whole new identity