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Ruth: Life After Death

Scripture: Ruth 1

This morning, we begin our series on the book of Ruth, a remarkable story about strong women, fierce love, and bold courage, and a remarkable story because it begins in a place of sadness, pain, and loss.

Dr. Kathryn Schifferdecker writes,

"This little domestic tale is a story of God’s hesed, God’s faithfulness, God’s covenant love, lived out in the lives of everyday, ordinary human beings, much like you and me."

The first chapter begins by telling us about the life of Naomi, a matriarch of her family, and how their lives are upended by famine, when the fields of the earth could not produce life.

And at the end of the chapter, we are told that as Naomi and Ruth, her daughter-in-law, arrive in Jerusalem, the barley harvest is just beginning.

In between, as choices are made and commitments are forged, we discover a story about a family that could mirror so many other families, stories of death and loss and strange places

Download Rev. Nathan's sermon in the link below.

(posted 8/15/22)

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