The story of Christmas begins not with Mary and Joseph, shepherds and angles, but instead with the providence of God working through a long line of broken, sinful people. What truth about Jesus' coming can we learn from the story of Ruth, a moabite woman and outsider among the people of Israel? In this sermon by Pastor Seth Winterhalter we see that we all, just like Ruth, are in need of a redeemer, and that Jesus is the one who has come to redeem. This story shows us that through apathy and apostasy, famine and suffering, even bitterness and blame, God is at work stitching the tapestry of his perfect picture of salvation and redemption.