Last time we looked at how Elimelech’s departure from Bethlehem to Moab revealed that he failed to, Discern the Purposes of God, Delight in the Precepts of God, and Dwell in the Presence of God. We have two final points to mention in today’s post. Elimelech’s departure from Bethlehem meant he failed to: Depend on […]
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Full Stomach, Empty Heart: A Sermon Outline from Ruth 1, Part 1
In this post, we’ll look at a sermon outline from the book of Ruth and focus on Elimelech’s decision to move his family to Moab. In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he […]
Preaching to a Funeral Audience, part 3
If you haven’t read part 1 and part 2, read those first. God Comforts Those in Mourning 1 Thessalonians 4, verses 13 to 18, and here’s what we learn: God comforts those in mourning. Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will […]
Preaching to a Funeral Audience, part 2
If you haven’t read part 1, read that first. Christ Died for Sinners Think of any story where someone risks his or her own life for a friend or even a stranger. A man in a New York subway station falls onto the train tracks. Suddenly, some stranger jumps down and lifts the man up […]