The famine in Judah is over. Naomi decides to return home and releases her daughters-in-law to go back to their families and find new husbands. Orpah agrees. Ruth refuses.

In this episode of the Tree Church Bible Study, Pastor Stacey Crawford and Pastor Chris Reed study Ruth 1:6-18, unpacking Naomi's honest reckoning with God's discipline, the levirate law and its importance for vulnerable women in the ancient world, and the powerful moment when Ruth clings to Naomi in a vow of total commitment. The discussion explores what God's resistance looks like in a life of disobedience, how shame and guilt can either hinder or help us return to him, and what Ruth's loyalty reveals about the nature of faithful love throughout the rest of the book.

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