One of the main themes in Ephesians is Paul's continual emphasis on our union with Christ. If you don't believe me, just sit down with your Bible and a pencil and read Ephesians 1-3 and underline every time Paul says something like 'in Christ' or 'in Him' or the like. You will soon be overwhelmed to organize all of it in a coherent way. As those who are in Christ, we need ...

As you're reading Ruth 4 consider these three things:(1) in Ruth 3:13 Boaz makes a promise to Ruth that he will marry her and will take care of the issue with this closer redeemer. Now this was not a prayer, it was merely a promise. But behind the scenes, God is at work making all of this happen. The sense of Ruth 4:1 is that it just happened 'by chance' that this unnamed-...