Christian Foundations I Judges

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Christian Foundations IJudges Ruth

• Cornerstone University

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Introduction

• Class Assignments
• Attendance
• How can one summarize the book of Judges?
• In those day there was no king in Israel and
  everyone did that which was right in their own
  eyes
• Judges 176
• What is moral relativism?

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Group Activity

• Break up into 5 groups
• Read your text (look at your groups handout)
• Find the Cycle in Judges (Sin, Slavery,
  Supplication, Salvation)
• Retell the whole class the story
• Think about moral relativism in our culture
  todaylist one or two examples
• Is it present in the church?

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Biblical Theology of Ruth

• The book of Ruth introduces with a powerful
  picture of the kinsman redeemer
• Kinsman means the one who has the right to
  redeem
• The nearest relative would be responsible to
  redeem/protect a relative
• The book of Ruth shows hesed love
• Genealogy of Obed (type of Christs as redeemer)