Ruth aims to show the glory of Christ-all of history, even its darkest hours, serves to magnify the glory of God’s grace.Ruth teaches risk-taking love-the gift of hope in God’s providence is meant to overflow in radical acts of love for hurting people.Ruth’s most prominent purpose is to “bring the calamities and sorrows of life under the sway of God’s providence and show us that God’s purposes are good.”.Ruth addresses one of the great issues of our day: racial and ethnic diversity.Ruth is the portrait of beautiful, noble manhood and womanhood.Ruth is a love story-conveying the richest and deepest truths in the form of a passionate love story.Ruth is the Word of God which is our unwavering rock and anchor.Only a confident author like John Piper would begin his book saying he wasn’t “sure that you should read this book.” Of course, he then lists seven reasons why readers might be helped by the message of Ruth:

In Piper’s able hands, we learn that God’s affectionate sovereignty brings glory to Christ, comfort to Christians, and hope that leads to risk-taking love for others. Recommended: John Piper’s A Sweet and Bitter Providence explores the book of Ruth to teach the powerful truth that God is at work even in the worst of times. 15).A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God God is vastly greater and stranger and more glorious and more dreadful and more loving than we realize' (p. 'God has revealed his purposeful sovereignty over good and evil in order to humble human pride, intensify human worship, shatter human hopelessness, and put ballast in the battered boat of human faith, steel in the spine of human courage, gladness in the groans of affliction, and love in the heart that sees no way forward.' (p. All of our decisions, which are entirely real and for which we are held responsible, nevertheless build toward God's goal of displaying His glory for His people's delight.

It even extends to human acting and willing. His sway reaches throughout creation, from the smallest workings of the atom to the dance of galaxies. Providence is not a word found in the Bible but is used to describe what the Bible reveals about God's purposeful sovereignty. God is in control, but what does that mean? The Bible invites us to wrestle with God's revelation of Himself, including His providence, and to submit ourselves to Him as our Almighty Creator, and Savior. Free – Buy Book Brief Download Book Brief

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