Day 90: Ruth and Boaz (2026)
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That's ascensionpress.com support. Thank you and God bless. Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. Today is day 90. Oh my gosh, you guys, what a phenomenal day. milestone that is three months if every month had 30 days and day 90 we're reading judges chapters four and five ruth chapter two following her story for just a short story but a powerful important story and we're praying today from psalm 134 as always i'm reading from the revised standard version second catholic edition i'm always using the great adventure bible from ascension if you want to get your own
Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You also can subscribe in your podcast app to receive daily episodes. Once again, this is day 90. Judges 4 and 5, I already gave the disclaimer yesterday, but it is a violent book and it is... All the things the judges do are not always great. They do fight for the people and they do make decisions that are their best judgment. But sometimes their best judgment, we would say, could be better. Ruth's story is going to continue as she and Naomi have gone back to Bethlehem. Her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to her mother-in-law's homeland. And here is Ruth and Naomi destitute and hoping that the Lord will care for them.
But today, once again, starting with Judges chapter 4 and chapter 5. The book of Judges chapter four, Deborah and Barak. And the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Herosheth-hakoim. Then the sons of Israel cried to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron, and they oppressed the sons of Israel cruelly for 20 years. Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at the time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.
She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kadesh in Naphtali and said to him, The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you, Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking ten thousand from the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of Zebulun. and I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jebin's army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into your hand. The rock said to her, If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go. and she said i will surely go with you nevertheless the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory for the lord will sell sisera into the hand of a woman then deborah arose and went with barak to kadesh and barak summoned zebulun and naphtali to kadesh and ten thousand men went up at his heels and deborah went up with him
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4 chapters
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How does Ascension use listener donations to fund free Catholic content?
0:00–5:22
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What is the Bible in a Year podcast format and today's reading plan?
5:22–10:00
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Why does Father Mike warn about violence in Judges before reading?
10:00–14:30
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What happens in Judges 4 when Deborah and Barak confront Sisera?
14:30–20:12