Trinity Fellowship

The first words in the book of Ruth take us to the days of the judges. In those days, there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes (Judges 21:25). The last word in the book is "David", the one who after ten generations is positioned to fill this need and restore order to God's people. This whole story of Ruth teaches us more than just lessons of duty, loyalty, obedience...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Naomi's plan was intended to bring Ruth rest. Boaz is then restless until he procures that rest for her. The gospel is on display here. We are the barren and fruitless widow. The first husband could not bring about fruit, and now he is dead, utterly powerless. But from the fall in Eden until the Resurrection, God has set about to redeem His chosen people; His bride. The Lord was restless, as it we...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Things which appear as "chance" to us have been meticulously ordained by God from the foundation of the world. Ruth's selection of which field to glean advances the story of redemption through its many reversals. Where the faithlessness of Lot's daughters creates apostate nations, the faithfulness of Ruth creates the true people of God. Where Elimelech led his family to ruin in the field of his en...

Q&A Discussion Time related to Dr. Voddie Baucham's "How To Raise Kids In a Wicked World" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqVPzFPzhfs

The story of Ruth is a story of exile and exodus, of paradise lost and paradise regained, of bitterness turned to sweetness. Naomi can only see the pain of what God has taken out of her hands but does not yet have eyes to see that He has already started to replace it with something better. Elimelech could only see by sight and was taken from her; Ruth can see by faith and becomes a loyal lifelong...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

The opening scene of Ruth is a sobering picture of life lived by sight rather than by faith. By choosing ease, Elimelech removes himself and his family from the blessing of God. In every generation, we too face a similar crossroads. It may seem as though we too live in an age of spiritual famine; an age where each one does right in his own eyes. Will we find our comfort in compromise or in God's p...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

The story of Ruth and Naomi is a story of needy supplicants who come with nothing. These godly women come with empty hands, hearts of faith, and find redemption through the kindness of Boaz. Boaz and Ruth, as husband and wife are Christ and the church; the husband is free to take the outsider in and cover her with his love and righteousness. In Boaz we see what we also see in Christ Jesus; he is a...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Funeral service for Gordon James Keeley (February 11, 1952 - September 12, 2025)

The hinge of history is the redemptive work of Christ for His bride. The drama of Christ's redemption is captured and symbolized in the marriage of husband and wife. And just as the mutual love of Christ and the church overflows into expansion and new life, so does marriage. The goal in all of this is for the knowledge of the glory of the Lord to fill the earth as the waters cover the sea (Hab. 2:...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Baptism is a step of obedience for those that have been transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. It is a sign to the world around us that our allegiances have changed; that we are no longer slaves to sin but belong body and soul to Jesus Christ. In baptism we are confessing that we have died to sin and been made alive to the things of God. As we do this, Christ is also min...

Being entrusted with children is a great honour and a heritage from the Lord. Children are to be shepherded to know the Lord and to receive the faith so that they can in turn pass it on to their children. One generation is to commend the Lord's mighty acts to another (Psalm 145:4). As our children grow, the goal should be for them to internalize the gospel so that biblical wisdom can be applied to...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Children are a blessing from the Lord. They are an inheritance designed to transfer the kingdom of God from one generation to the next. Children should be welcomed gladly into our marriages and should be taught to know the Lord from the start. They need to learn who God is and who they are; that they are made in the image of God, born under the Fall, and need the gospel to restore the fallen image...

Marriage is a vital part of the story that God is telling about His creation. The one-flesh union of a man as covenant head and a woman who builds her home is meant to reflect Christ, the true and perfect covenant head, who builds His kingdom through the faithful labour of His bride, the church. This bond is close, intimate, life-giving, and abundantly fruitful. Christian marriage is the God-ordai...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Suffering, pain, and affliction are all part of the human experience between the Fall and the Restoration. Suffering reminds us that we walk with a limp. The church walks with a limp in imitation of our Saviour who also walked with a limp. God's children are frequently in heaviness, but not in the darkness. Our suffering reminds us that we are joined to the One who suffered for our redemption. We...

Study in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith