Esther & Ruth (Reformed Expository Commentary) Church archaeologists and historical scholars uncover

archaeologists and historical scholars uncover more evidence that the people

and eschatology

generally considered to be Paul's most profound letter

The "culture story" of evangelicalism during the second half of the twentieth century has been well told

Esther & Ruth (Reformed Expository Commentary) Church archaeologists and historical scholars uncoverDoes God help those who help themselves? That may seem to be the message of the Books of Esther and Ruth. Some think that Ruth's attractiveness won over Naomi and Boaz, or that Esther's bold faithfulness saved her people. But a closer reading shows an embittered Naomi to have abandoned the Promised Land and God's people, and Esther to have become thoroughly assimilated to the culture and values of Persian society. In Esther, God works in invisible