Exploring Ruth: A Devotional Commentary
Overview
This resource offers accessible and easy-to-read commentary on the book of Ruth. In this commentary, you’ll find verse-by-verse analysis, introduction to the history and context of the book, and an overview of important themes and events.
The Book of Ruth is not the longest of the books of the Bible—it contains only four chapters of text. Yet its significance is immense. Ruth was a young woman from Moab, who came to be part of the covenant community of God’s people. Consequently, she is one of only a handful of women mentioned in the genealogy of Christ: she begins as a stranger to God’s people, and ends up as a mother of God’s Messiah.
This remarkable story is both an example and an illustration of how sinners like us can become partakers of God’s covenant salvation. In Ruth’s story, God’s grace worked in her life, bringing her from a place where she was far away from God, into an inheritance of covenant blessing. And just as she found her rest and satisfaction in her marriage to her redeemer, Boaz, so we find ours through union with the great Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ. Read the story of Ruth—and let the power of God’s amazing grace grip your soul!
What’s more, with the Logos edition of Exploring Ruth: A Devotional Commentary, you can access a wealth of information in the commentaries at the click of a mouse! Hovering over Scripture texts will display the Scripture reference from your favorite Bible translation, and all of your favorite maps, reference books, and Bible dictionaries are available at the click of a button.
- Includes an introduction to the book
- Chronological history of events
- Guides for further reading and study
Top Highlights
“In the case of Ruth, the law highlighted the fact that, as a Moabitess, she was naturally excluded from the fellowship of God and the blessings of his covenant. However, the same law which revealed her natural alienation from God also made provision for her, as a widow and stranger, to enter into the covenant community of God’s people. Her entrance into that new fellowship is sealed by her marriage to Boaz, and is another example of God bringing those who are outside the covenant into that very covenant.” (Page 9)
“That is exactly the movement and message of the Book of Ruth. It is possible for a human life to travel from sorrow to satisfaction, from tears to rejoicing, from bitterness to blessedness, from emptiness to fullness, from darkness to light, from chains and bondage and sin to liberty and freedom and covenant.” (Page 15)
“The Book of Ruth is also a story of God’s providences” (Page 21)
“This whole period had one great characteristic and it was that ‘every man did that which was right in his own eyes’.” (Page 16)
“Boaz, who is to feature highly in the narrative, was the son of Rahab the prostitute” (Page 16)
Iain Campbell demonstrates in a masterful way that the story of Ruth is the Old Testament in miniature. Another useful commentary that should be found in our bookcase—after it has been thoroughly enjoyed.
—Grapevine
This little volume manages to combine the depth of a theologian, the clarity of a true expositor, the wisdom of a pastor, and the warmth of an evangelist in a way that belies its size. Iain D. Campbell opens up Ruth in a manner that makes it accessible and stimulating for readers from almost any background. Most of all, he shows us the gospel in the romance of Ruth and leads us to the greatest romance of all: our romance with Jesus!
—Mark Johnston, Grove Chapel, Camberwell
This book gets to the very heart of the book of Ruth . . . The Gospel in the book of Ruth comes alive through the pages of this book, providing the church of Christ with a much-needed resource for believers of all ages who desire to more fully know the height and depth of the love of Christ . . . This book rouses our hearts and lifts our eyes to look upon the faithful and loyal love of God for us His people.
—Burk Parsons, editor of Tabletalk magazine
- Title: Exploring Ruth: A Devotional Commentary
- Author: Iain D. Campbell
- Publisher: Day One
- Publication Date: 2010
- Pages: 144