Ruth

Chapter 4 Here it is!  The good news of a kinsman-redeemer!  This is the only passage in Scripture that gives details of this pivotal aspect of our belief.  The concept is discussed in Leviticus Chapter 25 verses 25-28 where Moses instructs the people to ensure that land promised to a [...]

Chapter 3 Well, what do we make of the opening 4 verses of this chapter?  Here Naomi is effectively suggesting that Ruth prostitute herself.  Are you prepared to offer-up your self-righteous virtue for your redemption?  And one must always listen to their mother-in-law (at least with one ear), if you [...]

Chapter 2 Verses 1-2, reminds us that it is good to have relatives in places of influence and prosperity.  It also shows that to survive, and even to prosper, we need to have a plan.  And God has the perfect plan for us (Jerimiah 29:11).  But we need to stand [...]

Back to Naomi.  Do you feel the anguish of this woman?  The sudden loss of not only familiar friends, family, home and country, but her loving and caring husband; not one, but two sons in their prime. There is no welfare system, no protector or supplier. Where, and to [...]

There are 2 major points to learn from the first chapter of Ruth: What happens when you lay aside God’s promises, and How He brings you back into those promises. Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own [...]

Let's look at the Book of Ruth. If you were left on a deserted island and this was all you had, you could be saved. It is the quintessential encapsulation of the Gospel.  Just add the Gospel of John and presto!, you have all the good news. I've borrowed [...]