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, [...]






