As much as we learned otherwise in Sunday school, Boaz is not the romantic lead of a storybook romance. He is, however, one of the best examples we have in the Bible of how to use privilege, power and wealth in a way that offers a place to those who don't have those things and influences others to do the same.
Sermon begins at minute 8:19
Ruth 2:1-20 and 4: 9-17
Resources
- Modern Love series by Alisha Rai (Ruth is not a romance, but these books are)
- The Forgotten Books of the Bible: Recovering the Five Scrolls for Today, Robert Williamson, Jr., 2018
- Hymn: Seek the Peace of the CIty, VT206. Text: based on Jeremiah 29:7, David Wright, 2004 Music: James E Clemens, 2004. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.
- Image: Icon by Joe Monocello
