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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780842335973
ISBN number: 0842335978
Label: Tyndale House Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 208
Printing Date: March 01, 2001
Publishing house: Tyndale House Publishing houses
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Studio: Tyndale House Publishing houses
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A beautiful retelling of the story of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz by award-winning author Francine Rivers. Readers will be encouraged by the truth that God will faithfully provide for His children even when all hope seems lost.
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Writing in the trademark style that has won her countless fans, award-winning author Francine Rivers explores the courageous life of Ruth, a biblical ancestor of Jesus, in Unshaken, the third novel in her Lineage of Grace series. Empathy for the characters kicks in immediately. Naomi's life is in ruins. Her husband and sons are dead, and she is left with only her beloved daughter-in-laws, Ruth and Orpah. Ruth turns her back on her own family and risks everything to care for Naomi, insisting 'I will go wherever you go! I will live wherever you live! Your God will be my God.'
Things get worse before they get better. Desperately poor, Ruth and Naomi arrive in Bethlehem and eke out an impoverished existence until Ruth's beauty and character turn the head of Boaz, a few decades older and the wealthiest man in town. Soon Ruth's desire to obey God is put to the test as she takes the biggest risk of all. In the endearing manner that has made her one of the top writers of Christian fiction, Rivers portrays how Ruth's unshaken commitment to God had a profound impact on biblical history. Her poignant account of Ruth's life will give modern readers a benchmark by which to measure their own levels of faith and obedience. --Cindy Crosby
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This is a very good book. Especially for non-Christians who would not or would have a difficult time reading the story from the bible and understanding. However, I highly recommend that if this book (or any of Francine River's novellas) is done as a bible study that you emphasize the parts that are biblical and the parts that are not as it is easy for those not familiar with the stories to come away believing some of the fiction is biblical. We used Unafraid for a bible study in my office and I participated in a study using Unshaken which I am now doing with my office bible study group.
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I bought 2 CDs in this series for my mother in law who lives alone. After she received them she told me she listened to them 5 times in the very first week. A great gift idea for shut-ins.
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I usually don't like biblical fiction. I think it can explain itself with out an author's insight. BUT....this book and the other five linage of grace books are different. The author really put background behind the story. Such as their walk from and to. How much the people wouldn't accept Ruth and the fact that Boaz was also of the same background as Ruth!
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I have heard the story of Ruth's dedication to her mother-in-law Naomi, but again, Francine Rivers brings life and cultural context to this poignant Old Testament story. Naomi thought her life over when her husband and her two only sons had died. Moreover, she was a foreigner in this land her husband had brought her to years prior.
How God works in wonderful ways! And ways that are above our human understanding! This story brings awareness that human decision making based on human reasoning is so far from the glory that God would have for us. It this tale, this is evident in Elimelech's decision to "provide for his family because God was providing in the Promised Land;" in Ruth's decision to stay with Naomi rather than to return to her own family's prosperity, in Boaz's decision to wait on God for his wife--if he were to ever marry, in Ruth's decision to take Boaz's wise hand in marriage rather than accept a younger more handsome man. Each case demonstrates how much greater our life is if lived for the Lord! God provided to those that remained faithful to Him.
What a wonderful love story! A nice parallel to the previous generation of Boaz's father Salmon accepting a foreign woman, the Canaanite Rahab from Jericho, as Boaz takes Ruth, a Moabite woman, for his own. Another step in the direction of the birth of the Savior, Jesus!
I recommend this book and the others in this series by Rivers. I especially recommend reading the book and then going back to the Old Testament story and comparing.
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This is Francine Rivers' telling of the story of Ruth, and she tells it in her usual amazing fashion. Readers will easily grasp the fullness of Ruth's faith and devotion to God, her mother in law, Naomi, and eventually her husband, Boaz. Follow the journey of how this Moabite woman returned with Naomi to Bethlehem, how she vowed to never leave her side, supported her through her toil in the fields, and would eventually become a part of our Lord's lineage.
Ruth and Boaz have to be two of the most inspiring people of the Bible. Both for their unwavering faith and many virtues they displayed. But this book goes much deeper than just the exploration of Bible verse and should not be limited to spiritual growth. I believe Boaz is a figure every business manager should come to know. Here was a man who had become perhaps the wealthiest man in Bethlehem at the time, and yet he treated his servants with respect. He was never above serving those who served him, and Francine Rivers meticulously portrays his stoic virtue for all to learn from.
Of course this is classified as historical fiction. Rivers takes the Biblical lessons from the Book of Ruth and adds dialog and character in a way that makes this story enjoyable and consuming. There is much for us to learn from Ruth and Boaz, and Rivers does a commendable job here with both characters.
Pastor Monty Rainey
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