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From Famine to Fullness: The Gospel according to Ruth is unavailable, but you can change that!

Whether they are thrilled by the love story of Ruth and Boaz or encouraged by a happy ending for Naomi, many people are drawn to the book of Ruth. But though the story is indeed charming, Ruth is included in Scripture for more than our entertainment. Ruth’s message is theological, rooted in God’s oversight of the movement of redemptive history that climaxes in the person and work of Jesus Christ....

and understood that Judges as a whole is a polemic against Saul and an apology for David. Marc Zvi Brettler says that the “allusions” to Saul in Judges “all function in the same way—they make Saul look bad.”5 The right king to quell the covenantal waywardness of the judges period was not Saul or his son Ish-Bosheth. Instead, the right king was David. The books of Samuel contend that Saul was the people’s choice, a king according to their heart, whereas David was God’s choice, a king according to
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