Ruth 1:6-13
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
Ruth was the Moabitess daughter-in law of Naomi, who was from Judah.
Ruth 1:1-5
Judges Table of Contents
Judges Table of Contents
Samson Table of Contents
Samson Table of Contents
Samson collapses the temple of the Philistines, and his subsequent death.
Judges 16:22-31
Samson meets Delilah, and she betrays him.
Judges 16:4-21
Samson becomes thirsty, God provides water, he has intercourse with a harlot/prostitute, he moves the gate and gateposts of the city to a new place.
Judges 15:18-16:3
Philistines come to arrest Samson, and a thousand men are slain by him with the jawbone of an ass.
Judges 15:9-17
By hip and thigh, Samson makes a slaughter of the Philistines.
Judges 15:6-8
Grain supply in Circleville is burning with fire
Grain pile burning in Circleville, 2 miles from my front door.