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Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle is preaching an excellent series through the book of Ruth. He’s about half way into it, but you can catch up quick with the audio, video, and transcripts. I highly recommend doing that as a matter of fact.

Here’s an excerpt from part two:

“…although Ruth was a Moabite who had worshipped a false god (Deuteronomy 7:1-4; 1 Kings 11:1-2) called Chemosh (Numbers 21:29; 1 Kings 11:7) God both saved her and blessed her. God did this through His invisible hand of providence that was made visible through the hand of Boaz. a masculine man of honour who walked hand-in-hand with God. Likewise, to God we are each Moabites - outcasts, idolaters, and unworthy of grace or favour. But just as Boaz came to his field to speak with and care for Ruth, so Jesus, our great Boaz, came to His earth to give us gracious favour and take us under His proverbial wing.”

There at the end he’s making reference to Spurgeon, who called Christ ‘our glorious Boaz’. I’m really looking forward to the rest of this series.