{"product_id":"esther-ruth","title":"REC: Esther \u0026 Ruth","description":"\u003cp class=\"Pa2\"\u003eDoes 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Pa2\"\u003eIn Esther, God works in invisible ways to save his people. In Ruth, God’s grace comes to Naomi unexpectedly, and with it, a depiction of redemption for her people. In both books, a gracious and sovereign God works through flawed individuals—unable even to help themselves—to rescue his people and prepare for the coming of Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of the Reformed Expository Commentary series, \u003cem\u003eEsther and Ruth \u003c\/em\u003eis aimed at both pastors and lay teachers. Each volume in the series provides exposition that gives careful attention to the biblical text, is doctrinally Reformed, focuses on Christ through the lens of redemptive history, and applies the Bible to our contemporary setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"float_left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contributor_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIain M. Duguid\u003c\/strong\u003e (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. He has written numerous works of biblical exposition, including \u003cem\u003eEsther \u0026amp; Ruth\u003c\/em\u003e in the Reformed Expository Commentary series, \u003cem\u003eEzekiel\u003c\/em\u003e in the NIV Application Commentary series, and \u003cem\u003eNumbers\u003c\/em\u003e in the Preaching the Word series. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"P\u0026R Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31735040278587,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/3866\/3995\/products\/image_246fb750-9a84-49e8-a862-c96c30eb6393.jpg?v=1741609668","url":"https:\/\/www.evangelicalbooks.com\/products\/esther-ruth","provider":"Evangelical Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}