Unbelief · Jeremy Steele

Ruth: The Holiness of Social Welfare and Hard Work

·33 min·3 clips
Helping people who do not have all that they need is a holy act ordered by God.
Host Jeremy, a skeptical pastor, leads a book club discussion on the Biblical Book of Ruth. He analyzes the story of Ruth and Naomi as a narrative highlighting strong women, ancient social welfare systems, and divine mandates to care for the poor, directly challenging modern fundamentalist criticisms of social programs.

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Ruth turns into a plainspoken case for care, courage, and showing up for the poor.

The episode treats the Book of Ruth as more than a familiar Bible story. Jeremy follows Ruth through gleaning, labor, and risk, and uses that movement to argue that care for the poor belongs at the center of the faith, not off to the side.

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You want Ruth read as ethics, not wallpaper.

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