When Heaven Served Earth - Ruth

Lead Pastor Josh Carstensen continues our series focusing on the women found in Jesus's genealogy.

And today, we step into Ruth's world — into a season marked by famine, compromise, grief, and long stretches of lukewarm faith. A world that feels… surprisingly familiar.

Because some of us are listening warm and steady. Others? Ice-cold. And some of us are somewhere in the middle: showing up, doing what we "should," but feeling nothing.

Ruth's story speaks to all three.

To the one who feels far.

To the one who feels forgotten.

And to the one who wonders if God has anything new left for them.

Ruth's story reminds us of this: God pursues. In famine. In failure. And in faithfulness. He refuses to leave us where we are.

So as we open Ruth, ask yourself: Where is God pursuing you today?

Key Moments

• 00:00 Welcome

• 01:12 Message: Ruth's Story

• 09:01 Introduction to the Book of Ruth

• 13:53 Context of Ruth's Story: Time of the Judges

• 22:00 Struggling with Lukewarm Faith

• 29:39 Ruth's Journey of Faith

• 33:32 Boaz: A Man of Faith

• 36:38 Lessons from Ruth's Story

• 38:21 Final Reflections and Prayer