Naomi invites her two daughters-in-law to join the community of faith. One responds half-hearted and then abandons. The other responds determined and devoted. How ambitious is our response to the Good News of Jesus?

What are the detriments of living a life disconnected from a community of faith-filled believers? In this installment of Ruth, we see what happened to Elimelech and Naomi when, in order to save their lives, they move away from the people of God.

What is the task of a christian in fulfilling the God-given mission of the Church? We are each members of the body, with distinct roles that only we can fill. Let us serve!

What should our approach to the world be? How does the early church influence the world?

God has us in His grip at all times. He is committed to bringing about a completed work in our character and lives. Nothing is going to thwart His plan!

Sometimes we hold back in our relationship with God, felling like we are a servant, or unwanted, or tolerated. Just the opposite is really true. God loves us and changed the course of the universe just to bring us into His family!

Christians may or may not be aware of the Holy Spirit of God within them, but He certainly is in them and is radically changing their lives, making them more like Jesus.

Jesus has declared us right with God because of what He accomplished on the cross. When God looks at believers, they are totally pure and whole because He sees Jesus in us.

Jesus frees us from the authority the Law has over us by killing us with Him on the cross. Now that death ends the marriage between us and the Law, we are now free to be joined with Jesus. We are really free from the judgment of the Law.

We have been graced with freedom over our sin. Jesus, through His death in our place for our sins, has rescued us from our old slave-owner: sin. Pastor Ruth leads us through Romans 6:12-23.