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    Ruth: Under the Wings of God
    Ruth: Under the Wings of God
    Ruth: Under the Wings of God
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    Ruth: Under the Wings of God

    By John Piper

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    Life was bleak for Naomi. Her husband was dead, as were her sons. She found herself in a foreign land with only one friend-her daughter-in-law Ruth. But as she returned to her hometown of Bethlehem, a ray of divine hope broke through the dark clouds of providence. It was the barley harvest, and she wasn't alone.

    This cycle of poems by John Piper tells the story of God's care for Naomi and the love affair between Ruth and Boaz through the eyes of their son, an aged Obed, as he narrates the account to his eight-year-old grandson David, the future king of Israel. Through this creative work, readers will walk with Boaz from promise to fulfillment, with Ruth from widowhood to motherhood, and with Naomi from death to life.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrossway Books
    Release dateFeb 2, 2010
    ISBN9781433518492
    Ruth: Under the Wings of God
    Author

    John Piper

     John Piper is founder and lead teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God; Don’t Waste Your Life; and Providence. 

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      Ruth - John Piper

      Other Books by John Piper

      A Sweet and Bitter Providence

      Velvet Steel

      This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence

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      When the Darkness Will Not Lift

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      For a complete listing of books by John Piper, see page 92.

      Copyright ©2010 by Desiring God Foundation

      Published by Crossway Books

      a publishing ministry of Good news Publishers

      1300 Crescent Street

      Wheaton, Illinois 60187

      All rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law.

      Cover illustration: Cory Godbey

      Cover design: Matt Mantooth

      First printing, 2010

      Printed in Singapore

      Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4335-1495-1

      PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-1496-8

      Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-1848-5

      ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-1849-2

      Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publication Data

      Piper, John, 1946-

            Ruth : under the wings of God / John Piper.

                p. cm.

            ISBN 978-1-4335-1495-1 (hc) — ISBN 978-1-4335-1496-8 (pdf)

            1. Ruth (Biblical figure)—Poetry. I. Title.

            PS3566.I59R88 2010

            813’ .54—dc22

      2009026649

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      Contents

      Ruth Part I

      Ruth Part II

      Ruth Part III

      Ruth Part IV

      Complete List of Books by John Piper

      RUTH Part I

      "My daddy lets me watch three sheep

      Beside the mill; and if I keep

      Them safe, and make them fat, he said

      That next year i’d get five instead.

      ‘If you can keep your three in line,

      Then you can handle five at

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