The Gospel of Ruth - Week 1
About this episode
The episode explores the deeper themes of the Old Testament book of Ruth, focusing on God's ability to transform broken lives and the call for men and women to serve together.
Traditionally, the Old Testament book of Ruth has been viewed as a love story. But in this series of 12 conversations with author Carolyn Custis James, Mart DeHaan and Elisa Morgan discover that this story of Naomi and Ruth and Boaz is not all about romance. It’s about God’s ability to make much of broken lives, and how he calls men and women to serve together to build His kingdom. Receive What do we do when life doesn’t follow the Cinderella script? How do we respond when the life we get doesn’t seem to have the happily-ever-after ending that we hoped for? Traditionally, the Old Testament book of Ruth has been viewed as a love story. But there’s so much more to the story than meets the eye. As we dig deeper into the stories of Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz, we get a picture of God’s ability to make much of broken lives, and how He calls men and women to serve together to build His kingdom. How can the story of Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz encourage you as you face hardships in your life? Reflect Based on Ruth 1:1–5 , how is Naomi’s story similar to Job’s story of suffering? How was Naomi’s situation perhaps even more dire than Job’s? How does the end of Naomi’s story in Ruth 4:13–17 remind us…
People in this episode
Hosts: Mart DeHaan, Elisa Morgan
Guest: Carolyn Custis James
Topics covered
- love story
- broken lives
- God's kingdom
- suffering
- hardship
- faith
Keywords
- Ruth
- Naomi
- Boaz
- suffering
- faith
- hardship
- God's kingdom
- love story
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Books & works: Old Testament, Ruth
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