Ruth 3-4

This reading is Ruth 3-4.
My apologies for the delay in posting. I couldn’t access the Internet yesterday. I’m going to aim at posting 3 times per week – roughly Monday / Wednesday / Friday.
Today we wrap up Ruth. She appears to have given up on the prospect of marrying again until Boaz came on the [...]

Ruth 1-2

This reading is Ruth 1-2.
There are many things at work in this seemingly simple story, so I’ll just pick out a few to comment on.
Naomi was obviously quite bitter about losing her husband and sons. In hindsight we can see how splendidly things worked out for her, but it is hard for us to understand [...]

Ruth overview

This reading is the book of Ruth. We’ll do an overview of the whole book today, then take a little closer look at it the rest of the week.
I heard a great sermon on Ruth when I was in Singapore a few years ago. It was humorous when the preacher kept saying, “Ruth 3,” only [...]