Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A string of fate brought Serayah and Tyler Lepley together to star in the bible-inspired love story “Ruth & Boaz.” The casting ...
I love the story of Ruth in the Old Testament book that bears her name. Naomi and her husband and two sons were from Bethlehem. Because of a famine, they relocated to Moab, a neighboring country where ...
I’m afraid there’s no way to write this column without sounding like a nerd of the first order. But let’s face it. I am, alas, a nerd of the first order. Specifically, I’m a Bible nerd. If possible, ...
Long before science fiction contemplated revisiting and revising events of former years, the Bible did so, in the Book of Ruth. What would have been if for a moment, all was right: if inequalities ...
The narrative of the Book of Ruth is poignant: One can almost feel the tragic atmosphere in the circle of three bereaved women and hear the soft voice of young widow Ruth as she declares her loyalty ...
The Book of Ruth is a story of "hesed," a Hebrew word often translated as loving kindness and steadfast faithfulness. In Scripture, hesed is a primary attribute of the Lord God -- he is faithful and ...
Thanks for all the excellent e-mails about the Song of Songs. Several of you argued that the maiden’s “navel” is not her navel, if you get my (southward) drift. My brief research didn’t settle the ...
Paul Prather says the Bible is endlessly interesting because of its allusions, and the long stretch of history. Wavebreakmedia Getty Images/iStockphoto I’m afraid there’s no way to write this column ...