A Lesson from Ruth on Welcoming Refugees

Arthur Holmes reminds us in “The Idea of a Christian College” that we must rigorously pursue the intersection of their faith within the wholeness of the human experience. A Christian college, and by implication those vocationally pursuing the study and...

The Restorer of Life

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on November 11, 2012. Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17; Hebrews 9:24-28 Halavie Dale was my English teacher my senior year of high school. She was an engaging person who could be charming...

Ruth: the Rest of the Story

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on November 11, 2012. The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, I need to seek some security for you, so that it may be...

Ruth: an Unlikely Saint

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on November 4, 2012. All Saints’ Sunday Ruth 1:1-18 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the...

The Greatest of These

Sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., on Feb. 14, 2010.                                         Psalm 71:1-6; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13                         It’s interesting – ironic even – that the two most...