Opening up Ruth

A woman and her God

OPENING UP RUTH
By Jonathan Prime
Day One. 96 pages. £5.00
ISBN 978-1-84625-067-5

This well produced little volume serves as an excellent introduction to, and provides a basic understanding of, the book of Ruth. Ideal for young Christians it will also prove useful for home Bible study groups with the questions at the end of each chapter providing a stimulus for discussion.

The historical and cultural background of Ruth’s day is well explained, helping us to understand and appreciate the relevance of the book to the 21st century and to modern living.

The text is accessible, avoiding the more technical approach of other works and each chapter is pithy and concise. The author sticks to the ‘big picture’, drawing out truths about the sovereignty of God in history, providence and redemption, avoiding the more fanciful interpretations that marked out a previous generation of commentators.
I heartily recommend the book.

Gail Curry,
a member of Bethany Baptist Church, Bangor, Co. Down, where her husband has just recently taken up the pastorate

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Main Articles

• In debt: who cares?
• The Commentary
  The Archbishop, Islam and pluralism
• Does adoption mean happily ever after?
  John Steley considers how the church can give support
• The Great Outdoors
  Seven questions to gospel ministers about open-air preaching
• Under fire in Kisumu
• Oxford: the Muslim call to prayer
• Are we fundamentalists?
• Beastly TV
• Why join a small church?
  Part 4: Do the churches in Britain stand at an irrecoverable moment?
• Monthly youth leaders column
  Part 2: Parenting
• Letter from America
  Who's going to be Super(wo)man?
• Meg Foote, 1921-2007
  Obituary
• Monthly media and arts column
  'A year of living biblically'
• The Music Exchange
  Love of music and love of Christ
• Sir Timothy Hoare Bt OBE, 1934-2008
  Obituary
• The Third Degree
  'Free'

Other articles

• Haggai
• Hooked on the Truth (CD)
• Shelf life - Looking at secular books
• Gems from Martyn Lloyd-Jones - An Anthology of Quotations from the Doctor
• Opening up Ruth
• Living faith - Willing to be stirred as a pot of paint
• Living sacrifice - Willing to be whittled as an arrow
• Richard Baxter and conversion
• What you always wanted to know about heaven... - but were afraid to ask
• The Jesus Legend - A case for the historical reliability of the Synoptic Jesus tradition
• The Islamisation of Britain
• The Potted Guide to Theology
• The Witness of the Student Christian Movement
• String Heaven