How do the global flood, circumcision, and the Israelites wondering in the wilderness foreshadowed

the baptismal flood in Christ? Find out in the issues et cetera book of the month for August,

the baptismal river studying the sacrament throughout Scripture. This new Bible study is

published by Concordia Publishing House, their phone number 1-800-325-3040, or find out more about

the baptismal river at issuesetc.org, the baptismal river studying the sacrament throughout Scripture.

Now pay close attention, little children. It's somebody you ought to know. It's all about a man

that walked on earth nearly 2,000 years ago. Well, he healed the sick and the flipping.

The Old Testament story of Ruth is familiar. It is often used, well at least taken out of context

for wedding services. It is one that has a pivotal place to play in the Old Testament, which is often

unrecognized. The fulfillment of a promise made to Abraham that by his seed, he would bring for

the salvation of the world and Ruth has a part to play in that. Greetings and welcome to issues

et cetera coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We'll be teaching a Sunday school lesson on Old Testament

Patriarch Ruth. Pastor Tom Baker of Long Gospel will be our guest. We'll discuss the fall into

sin and original sin with Dr. Detlef Schultz. He's author of a new book in the confessional Lutheran

dogmatic series titled Theological Anthropology and sin. Then we'll be looking forward to Sunday morning

according to the one your electionary. The parable of the Good Samaritan Luke chapter 10 with Pastor Peter

Bender of the Concordia Catechetical Academy. Pastor Tom Baker is host of a radio show called Law

and Gospel. For almost 30 years, he met monthly to prepare his Sunday school teachers for the

classroom. Tom, welcome back. Thank you. How did Naomi and her two daughters-in-law come to be

alone in Moab? Well, what happened is that the book of Ruth is the book in the Bible after judges

and this all happened around the same time 1000 BC and there was a famine in Bethlehem

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