{"id":19844,"date":"2020-02-12T17:25:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T23:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=19844"},"modified":"2021-01-20T07:54:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T13:54:02","slug":"a-study-of-ruth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ruth\/","title":{"rendered":"A Study of Ruth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

A Study of Ruth<\/h1>\n

by Jeffrey W. Hamilton, 2020<\/p>\n

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Contents<\/h2>\n
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  1. Background of the Book of Ruth<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. A Series of Unfortunate Events<\/a> (Ruth 1:1-18)<\/li>\n
  3. Kindness Shown<\/a> (Ruth 1:19-2:23)<\/li>\n
  4. An Opportunity to Repay<\/a> (Ruth 3)<\/li>\n
  5. Joy Returns<\/a> (Ruth 4)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBible Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A Study of Ruth by Jeffrey W. Hamilton, 2020   Contents Background of the Book of Ruth A Series of Unfortunate Events (Ruth 1:1-18) Kindness Shown (Ruth 1:19-2:23) An Opportunity to Repay (Ruth 3) Joy Returns (Ruth 4) Bible Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19824,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/","url_meta":{"origin":19844,"position":0},"title":"Ruth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ruth by Bryan M. Dockens Questions and answers for studying the book of Ruth. The questions can be separated from the answers to provide study questions for the lessons. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Bible Studies","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scan0016-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19851,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ruth\/background-to-the-book-of-ruth\/","url_meta":{"origin":19844,"position":1},"title":"Background to the Book of Ruth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Background to the Book of Ruth Assignment: Read the entire Book of Ruth as a story. Understanding What You Read: List out the people mentioned in Ruth and what you know about them. What do you think is the purpose of this book? 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