Dee W. (dwolters) reviewed The Girl's Still Got It: Take a Walk with Ruth and the God Who Rocked Her World on + 61 more book reviews
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The Girls Still Got It by Liz Curtis Higgs- book review
Take a Walk with Ruth and the God who Rocked Her World sub title.
Liz Curtis Higgs does it again, she opens the Bible to us with a bright new look. This time it is the book of Ruth. While we are probably familiar with the basic story, Higgs takes it verse by verse, and explores several different translations, and expands and explains. She takes us into some of the history and traditions, so we can better understand the story.
And what a story it is! Love, death, famine, and a bit of romance! All in the Bible.
The book has extensive footnotes and bibliography. There are study questions for use in personal study or a group setting. Each chapter has a small testimonial from a Ruth in Real Life which is written from a woman who has experienced what characteristics are explained in the chapter.
This book is written in a casual, conversational style. It is quite easy to read, and I think it will appeal to women who do not like to read. Great for a young womens Bible study or Sunday School class.
Disclaimer: I was provided an Advanced Readers Copy of this book by the publisher, Waterbrook Press. All opinions expressed are my own.
Take a Walk with Ruth and the God who Rocked Her World sub title.
Liz Curtis Higgs does it again, she opens the Bible to us with a bright new look. This time it is the book of Ruth. While we are probably familiar with the basic story, Higgs takes it verse by verse, and explores several different translations, and expands and explains. She takes us into some of the history and traditions, so we can better understand the story.
And what a story it is! Love, death, famine, and a bit of romance! All in the Bible.
The book has extensive footnotes and bibliography. There are study questions for use in personal study or a group setting. Each chapter has a small testimonial from a Ruth in Real Life which is written from a woman who has experienced what characteristics are explained in the chapter.
This book is written in a casual, conversational style. It is quite easy to read, and I think it will appeal to women who do not like to read. Great for a young womens Bible study or Sunday School class.
Disclaimer: I was provided an Advanced Readers Copy of this book by the publisher, Waterbrook Press. All opinions expressed are my own.
Laura L. (lauraofharvestlane) reviewed The Girl's Still Got It: Take a Walk with Ruth and the God Who Rocked Her World on + 85 more book reviews
What a privilege to read this book early and share my thoughts. I've long admired Ruth; and, so has Liz Curtis Higgs. What girl, for we're all girls inside, hasn't longed for a redeemer, a benefactor to save the day? Crazy about us? All the better. We all need someone to save us from ourselves, our circumstances, our habits, and our future.
The Girl's Still Got It is the nonfiction retelling of one of the most beautiful stories of love and redemption ever. I mean ever.
Taken directly from the Book of Ruth, Mrs. Higgs uses fourteen versions of The Word, to create a word picture of the amazing story of Naomi, Ruth the Moabitess, and Boaz. The drama of the situation is beautifully and skillfully related as we climb into Mrs. Higgs' time machine and travel back to the time of the Judges. Careful research and the art of the storyteller combine to make this a book that I will read again.
Facing life as a widow, Ruth gave up everything to go with Naomi, her mother-in-law, to Bethlehem. She showed herself true to Naomi and to the God of Israel with hard work and absolute devotion to Naomi. Naomi and Ruth develop through the pages of the Book of Ruth as God changes their hearts and circumstances.
A longing for a kinsman redeemer grew within me as I read of Boaz, Ruth's redeemer. Tenderness, mercy, kindness, self-confident, protective, all the things we long for are all wrapped up in Boaz and in our ultimate Kinsman Redeemer, Jesus.
This book gets 5 stars from this girl.
Go Liz!
The Girl's Still Got It is the nonfiction retelling of one of the most beautiful stories of love and redemption ever. I mean ever.
Taken directly from the Book of Ruth, Mrs. Higgs uses fourteen versions of The Word, to create a word picture of the amazing story of Naomi, Ruth the Moabitess, and Boaz. The drama of the situation is beautifully and skillfully related as we climb into Mrs. Higgs' time machine and travel back to the time of the Judges. Careful research and the art of the storyteller combine to make this a book that I will read again.
Facing life as a widow, Ruth gave up everything to go with Naomi, her mother-in-law, to Bethlehem. She showed herself true to Naomi and to the God of Israel with hard work and absolute devotion to Naomi. Naomi and Ruth develop through the pages of the Book of Ruth as God changes their hearts and circumstances.
A longing for a kinsman redeemer grew within me as I read of Boaz, Ruth's redeemer. Tenderness, mercy, kindness, self-confident, protective, all the things we long for are all wrapped up in Boaz and in our ultimate Kinsman Redeemer, Jesus.
This book gets 5 stars from this girl.
Go Liz!
