Peach Valley Church

Ruth 4 shows us that God is writing a better story than we could write for ourselves. Even when we do not understand the chapter we are living in, we can trust the Author.

Ruth 3 shows us what faithfulness looks like when the future is uncertain and the outcome is out of our hands. Ruth takes a risk, Boaz refuses to cut corners, and together they remind us that trusting God means acting in faith, obeying with integrity, and waiting on His redemption.
 
Pastor Phil Vander Ploeg

When Ruth “just so happened” to end up in Boaz’s field, God was quietly putting His kindness on display. Through this story, we learn to notice His kindness, let it awaken hope, and become conduits of that kindness to others.

Grief is not the enemy, but bitterness is. In this sermon from Ruth 1:6–22, we see how bitterness can reshape your theology, your identity, and your perspective, and why the hope of the gospel calls you to fight it before it takes deeper root

When life gets hard, the temptation is to run to what looks easiest, safest, or quickest. Ruth 1:1–5 warns that compromise can lead to devastation, but it also sets the stage for the kind of redemption only God can bring.

What you believe about the resurrection is the difference between endless hope and hopeless end. This Easter message explores why the resurrection of Jesus is not just part of the Christian story, but the truth that holds all of Christianity together.

Peter’s failure was real, public, and painful, but it was not final. In John 21, we see that Jesus does not just forgive our past, He restores our future. This message is an encouragement to anyone carrying shame or regret: run to Jesus in your failure, because He is not done with you.

You can have everything the world offers and still feel empty. In this message, we look at the rich young ruler and the one thing he wouldn’t give up to follow Jesus. The question is simple: who’s sitting on the throne of your heart?
 
Chris Haas

Suffering is part of life, but Jesus changes the way we experience it. Because He suffered first and overcame through the cross and resurrection, our pain is not meaningless. God meets us in it, uses it to shape us, and promises a future where suffering will be gone forever.

Broken relationships are some of the most painful parts of life. In the story of Zacchaeus, we see how Jesus transforms a heart and begins to repair the damage sin has caused. The same God who changed Zacchaeus can still do the impossible today.