God’s Balance Sheet
| Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17
Will Ruth and Naomi get voted off the island? Tune in to today’s Old Testament reading to find out …
One of the longest-running TV reality shows is the Survivor series. Renewed last May for its 48th season, the series continues to bring underequipped and scantily clad adventurers to desert islands and other remote places, challenging them to live off the land for more than a month. The contestants compete to see which one avoids getting “voted off the island” — in hopes of claiming bragging rights as the “sole survivor.” But it’s not just bragging rights they win. A $1 million prize helps make up for the starvation rations, bug bites and sunburn.
In 1997, when the first Survivor series premiered on Swedish TV under the name Expedition Robinson, few could imagine how successful the show, in all its various incarnations, would become. As tired as the concept may seem, audiences still love it nearly 30 years later.
Survivor: Biblical Edition
The Bible has more than one survivor story. One of the most enduringly popular is the story of Ruth...
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