{"podcast":{"title":"Commuter Bible OT","slug":"commuter-bible-ot-2653726","podcast_index_feed_id":2653726,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/3cfqu7SJ","website_url":"http://www.commuterbible.org","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6e5e603b-4032-42ff-ba6a-b4efd0ca4dcf/cd3cd55a-d9a6-416b-ba61-e28973f7dbac/3000x3000/cbp20248.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"John Ross","episode_count":600,"summary":"Commuter Bible OT is a work-week audio Bible reading plan to match your weekly schedule. In five days a week, Monday-Friday, you can listen to the entire Old Testament over the course of a year. We even break on holidays! Presented chronologically, this podcast presents the Old Testament's contents in the order in which they occurred. Subscribe today and get more of God's Word in your daily life. Part of the Commuter Bible family of podcasts, using the Christian Standard Bible translation (CSB). Learn more at www.commuterbible.org","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T10:17:35.286102+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726"},"episode":{"title":"Ruth 1-4","slug":"ruth-1-4","published_at":"2026-05-11T04:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/ruth-1-4","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726","url":"http://www.commuterbible.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/c95cb48f-95db-400b-ad13-0de3247674d2/32c2ceb1-1473-4674-bc63-45a6a19251a0/episodes/audio/group/b1108e17-6877-4a3b-8ca2-c7e742dfe2ab/group-item/25682dbf-cecb-4ef4-b062-85ce6cac00f4/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=3cfqu7SJ","summary":"It seems like so much has been lost in the time of the judges, but the author of Ruth gives us a glimmer of hope. In a season of drought, a family leaves Israel and moves to Moab hoping to find relief, but instead they find sorrow. The wife, Naomi, becomes a widow without family to help her. Her daughter-in-law, a foreigner, commits to love her and care for her, returning with her to the people of Israel. There, she meets Boaz, a family redeemer who honors Ruth, cares for her, and in obedience to the Lord, redeems her into his own family. Ruth is part of a bigger story of redemption, as her lineage will include not only King David, but Jesus the Christ.","meta_description":"It seems like so much has been lost in the time of the judges, but the author of Ruth gives us a glimmer of hope. In a season of drought, a family leaves…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1177,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/episodes/ruth-1-4/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/ruth-1-4.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}