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Archive for February 21st, 2009

  • Ruth and the Economy | Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 21 2009

    Economic crisis is the setting of the story of Ruth in the Old Testament.  A famine in Israel, during the difficult, dark days of the Judges, prompted a Jewish family to leave their home in Bethlehem and move to the land of Moab.
    Ironically, Bethlehem means “house of bread”.
    These were  extreme times. To make matters worse, [...]