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Scholars note that the book of Ruth is notoriously difficult to translate into English in ways that capture the layers of symbolism and meaning. Not hard to translate, however, is Naomi...
Read MoreThis week of devotions begins with All Saints’ Day, a day of thanksgiving for the lives of those in the family of faith who have come before us, and a celebration...
Read MoreJesus teaches that loving God and loving one’s neighbor as oneself are the greatest commandments and that, indeed, “All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” (Matt. 22:40,...
Read MoreThe psalmist tells us not to misplace our trust by putting it in human beings whose thoughts and plans end when they die. Instead, the psalmist tells us to put our...
Read MoreJourneying to the Promised Land, the Jews encounter many challenges. In the wilderness of Shur, they find no water. At Marah, the water is bitter. In the Desert of Sin, they...
Read MoreAbimeleck, his wife, Naomi, and their two sons go to live in Moab. Actually they are “escaping death” in the form of famine because there is food in Moab while there...
Read MoreWhen Naomi decides to return to her homeland of Judah, she insists that her widowed daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, go back to their mothers’ houses. She spells out the reason. Naomi...
Read MoreThe blood of Christ described in today’s reading refers not simply to the bodily fluid but to the whole atoning, sacrificial work of Christ in his death. The death of Jesus...
Read MoreIn today’s scripture, we read that the Lord Jesus came as a high priest of “the good things that are now already here” (NIV). Some earlier texts say “the good things...
Read More“Today is the day God brings good news to the poor, proclaims release to the captives, gives sight to the blind, and sets the oppressed free. And so shall we.”* These...
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