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A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God is unavailable, but you can change that!

The sovereignty of God, the sexual nature of humanity, and the gospel of God’s mercy for the undeserving—these massive realities never change. And since God is still sovereign, and we are male or female, and Jesus is alive and powerful, A Sweet and Bitter Providence bears a dangerous message of providence and love for readers from all walks of life. But be warned, Piper tells his audience: this...

Now we come to the most important interchange in the chapter—verses 10–13. Ruth raises a question to Boaz that turns out to be very profound. It’s one that we all need to ask God. Hardly anything in our life is more important than the answer we get. “Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, ‘Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?’ ” (2:10). Ruth knows that she is a Moabitess.
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