Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ

by Jason S. DeRouchie, Stephen J. Wellum (Foreword)

Understanding the Old Testament’s Purpose in the Christian’s Life Today The Old Testament makes up the majority of the Christian Bible, yet incorrect teaching of its texts abounds in the church. Without effectively studying these stories, covenants, and kingdoms within their close, continuing, and complete biblical contexts, believers miss the beauty of the Old Testament, including how it points to Jesus, and why it still matters today.

Jason DeRouchie helps Christians delight in the books of the Old Testament and read them the way God intended―as relevant parts of Christian Scripture. This accessible guide stresses the need to keep Christ at the center and to account for the progress of salvation history when applying the Old Testament today. It helps Christians interpret the Old Testament, see how it testifies to Jesus, believe that Jesus secured every divine promise, and understand how Jesus makes Moses’s law still matter. By more strongly comprehending Old Testament teachings and how they relate to the New, Christians will better enjoy the Old Testament itself and increasingly understand all that Jesus came to fulfill.

Genres: Theology, Christian, Old Testament, Christianity, Faith, Biblical Studies

368 pages, Hardcover

Published February 13, 2024

About the author

Jason S. DeRouchie (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO

Reviews

[Brian Pate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book deserves 10 stars -- and a place on your shelf near at hand for easy access and frequent reference. I can't recommend this book highly enough!

DeRouchie begins by explaining his perspective on Biblical Theology (chs. 1-3). "The OT authors knew that they were speaking and writing for new covenant believers" (p. 19). "The OT authors knew that a full understanding of their words would only come in the messianic age" (p. 37).

Then he gives an overview of the OT using his acronym KINGDOM (chs. 4-6).

How do OT promises apply to Christians today (chs. 7-9)? "Every biblical promise for God's people is indeed ours but...such promises are only received through Christ and fully realized at the consummation of the kingdom" (p. 142). He provides a helpful chapter showing the errors and dangers of prosperity theology (ch. 7).

How does the OT law apply to Christians today (chs. 10-13)? "The NT repudiates all the Mosaic law-covenant, sees all Moses's law replaced with Christ's law, and reappropriates all Moses's law as revelation of God's character, as a pointer to Christ, and as a guide for Christian living. Scripture does not teach the threefold division of the law" (p. 217). He deals with wrong approaches (including theonomy, Christian Nationalism, and Andy Stanley) and provides thorough case studies (including cross-dressing, the Sabbath, and diet restrictions).

[Ethan Preston · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars! I read this with a group of guys at church and found it extremely insightful and edifying. DeRouchie's overarching goal is the get Christians to recognize that the Old Testament is their book, if one can put it crudely. I appreciated this approach especially coming from a progressive covenantal guy in that, it can often be those who see the most continuity between the testaments that emphasize the OT. I believe DeRouchie presents a great way for those who want to avoid the charybdis and scylla of dispensationalism on the one hand and westminsterian continuity on the other. While I am not sure that I agree with all the details of DeRouchie's overarching covenant theology, I am definitely closer to it than the two options previously mentioned. This strength though also includes the downside that it would not be enjoyable for a wider audience. Yet, i think he argues his positions well, and even if one doesn't agree with his comprehensive system, there is much that can be gleaned from this book. One of the most insightful sections, in my opinion, was where DeRouhcie argued from both the OT and the NT that the Old Testament Scriptures were written specifically for New Covenant believers. He does not deny that the OT had an important role for OT saints, yet he makes a compelling case that the OT was written ultimately for New Covenant believers. I would suggest reading the book before dismissing the argument. It is quite interesting. DeRouchie has sections on typology which are helpful, as well as how Christians should interact with OT law. While I may not be completely convinced of all of his positions on the Law, it was definitely stimulating and helpful. He critiqued multiple misuses of the Law including antinomianism, legalism, and theonomy (which was one of the better and most up to date critiques I have read). Another short section that I will give mention to is his explanation of the theology behind clean and unclean animals. Without going into detail of what he said, it was probably the best explanation I have read, even if I dont accept every part of his argument. As is probably clear from this review, I really enjoyed this book and think it is very helpful. There were many minor things that I would quibble about, but none of them diminish from the thrust of this book. One last note, would be that from a pastoral perspective, this book seemed to be written for laypeople in the church, but some of guys I went through this book with struggled with some of the sections. I don't think it is all DeRouchie's fault since some of this is complex material. But I think that some of the sections didn't land with the church members I read with, or they just could not understand what he was saying. Still and excellent book, I did see fruit with multiple former dispensationalists having their minds blown that the whole OT is about Jesus, which is encouraging!

[Ryan Rust · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything I would want in an OT overview book

[Jonathan Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.78 stars.
I really like the purpose behind this book and enjoyed large portions of this. I think all church attenders need to know the ideas in the final chapter, the conclusion. It is a much needed re-delighting in God’s Word. Very good.

The reason not five stars is because I am not sure I completely agree with his view of the law (mainly because I am not sure what I believe about it). He is very clearly baptist (as am I) in his interpretation of the law gospel distinction, so he comes down against theonomy, which is fine but I am not sure where the cutoff is. Still great stuff

[John Damon Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first 2/3 is a pretty standard and commendable exhortation for evangelicals to read the Old Testament Christiologicaly. Then in the last 1/3 DeRouchie denies the ceremonial/civil/moral division of the law, lambasts Christian nationalism, cautions against legalism & antinomianism, and to top it all off disproves the Hebrew roots movement. Was not expecting that escalation but was very much delighted by it.

Would have appreciated a little bit more of a conscious connection with the rest of Christian interpretation through history, especially that of the church fathers.

[Landon Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid book about reading the Old Testament through and for Christ! Here are some of my main takeaways: Don’t read the Old Testament as if Christ has not come. The OT is Christian Scripture and, surprisingly, more “for” believers in Christ today than for old covenant Israel, most of whom were unbelieving and rebellious. Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection illuminate the meaning of the OT in fresh ways which even the believing remnant couldn’t fully grasp. Christ is the light and lens through which we read the OT today.

Aside from this, the best parts of this book include its critique against the traditional threefold division of the law, Christian Nationalism, the prosperity gospel, and the section about how believers today relate to the Sabbath commandment. I was also greatly helped by his intentionally precise and careful language about the believers relationship with the Mosaic law in general; it no longer bears “immediate” and “direct” authority over us today, nor does is play a “central” and “determinative” role for Christian living, since we are under the law of Christ. The New Testament, in his words, repudiate the Mosaic law-covenant, replaces it with the law of Christ, and reappropriates it through Christ, all while stressing the OT’s enduring value and relevance for believers today as Christian Scripture.

I’m still skeptical (while still deeply intrigued) by a few things he said, such as grounding the distinction between clean/unclean animals in their resemblance (or lack thereof) to the serpent in Gen. 3. Overall, it’s a great work that’s well worth the read!

[Josiah Bates · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dr. DeRouchie's Delighting in the Old Testament is fantastic - it was very enjoyable to read and easy to understand. It represents a different perspective than my own (progressive covenantalism), and is a superb representation of progressive covenantalism consistently applied to the subject.

[Jared Lovell · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Stars

Several years ago, Baptist pastor and author Dr. John Piper responded to a question about whether he found the Federal Vision theology of Douglas Wilson to be a different gospel by saying, in sum, “No…wrong in numerous cases, but wrong in the way you would expect a Presbyterian to be wrong.” With a slight alteration, such is a good summary of Jason S. DeRouchie’s latest book, Delighting in the Old Testament: wrong in numerous cases, but wrong in the way you would expect a Baptist to be wrong. Jason S. DeRouchie serves as Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. While Derouchie desires to encourage the preaching and teaching of the Old Testament in American evangelical churches and to avoid the threat of antinomianism, DeRouchie’s theology does not provide him with the categories that would allow his readers to appreciate all the riches the Old Testament has to offer.
DeRouchie’s thesis is that the Old Testament can best be savored and appreciated when its contents are read in a Christocentric manner, or in the words of the subtitle, “Through Christ and for Christ.” The book’s content is divided into four sections revolving around how Jesus helps Christians to interpret the Old Testament, how the Old Testament testifies to Christ, how Jesus secures the divine promises, and how Jesus makes the Mosaic law matter. At nearly 300 pages, the content of the book can at times seem rather repetitive. It is fair to say that the same content could have been communicated just as effectively in less than 200 pages.

The first two sections of the book are far superior to the last two. The first section seeks to establish a biblical-theological foundation for a Christocentric interpretation of the Old Testament arguing that since many Jews living under the Old Covenant were blind and deaf to the true meaning of the words of the law and the prophets, the proper audience of the writers is New Testament Christians, reading the text through the lens of Christ. This is an important point. Much is often made, especially in dispensational teaching, of interpreting the Old Testament text based on “what it meant to the original audience.” However, given that most of the people living under the old covenant failed to grasp the message that was being communicated through Moses and the prophets, the original audience’s understanding interpretation is mostly irrelevant. In Deuteronomy 30, Moses predicts the ultimate failure of God’s people in Canaan. In Isaiah 30:8, Jeremiah 30:2-3, and Daniel 12:4, the prophets are told to write down or to seal up the prophecies for a future generation who would later fully grasp their meaning in the light of Christ. This is repeated in the New Testament in I Peter 1:12 where the apostle writes that the prophets searched intently the things concerning Christ, not to serve themselves, but for those living under the new covenant.

The second section of the book provides a helpful framework for organizing the Biblical narrative across both testaments, focusing on interpreting the Old Testament both through Christ and for Christ. Derouchie identifies a kind of symbiotic relationship between the testaments. By disclosing Christ as the Old Testament’s goal, the Father also illuminates His intent for how we read the Old Testament. In other words, the New Testament sheds light on the Old and the Old Testament sheds light on the New when you understand the central figure about which both testify to be Christ. This is clearly the case with a prosopological reading of the Old Testament prophetic texts which simultaneously point forward to their fulfillment in the New Testament and fill out understanding of those same New Testament texts.

It is in the second half where Derouchie’s arguments become much more problematic in a way that one would expect from a Baptist. In speaking of how the promises of the Old Testament apply to Christians today, Derouchie in effect spiritualizes them or consigns them to the future age after Christ’s return. While he rightly combats the prosperity gospel prevalent within certain strains of American evangelicalism, he combats it by first, utilizing the same individualistic approach to Scripture as the prosperity preachers, and second, failing to recognize the relative, rather than perfect, obedience that was required for Israel to live well in the land.

First, the problem with the prosperity gospel is that the promises of temporal blessing throughout the Old Testament are read as if they are a guarantee of health and wealth to every individual today given enough faith. Derouchie rightly sees that not every individual enjoys health and prosperity by living in faithful obedience to God even in the Old Testament. Therefore, he seeks to reinterpret the Old Testament promises in light of Jesus as spiritual blessings in the present or physical blessings that will only finally be realized when the kingdom of God is fully established (164-5). His individualistic and baptistic approach to Scripture prevents him from appreciating the cumulative effects of covenantal faithfulness over the course of generations. It is true that not every single believer of every generation will experience temporal blessings, but faithfulness to God and the application of wisdom can lead to temporal blessings experienced by generations in the future. When God promised through Moses and Joshua that the people would have great success in the promised land that God was giving to them, it did not mean that every single person would live to an old age and enjoy perfect health and an abundance of wealth. However, that generation as a whole did, and as they were faithful to God’s law, this trend would continue into future generations. Likewise, the martyrs in the early church did not enjoy a life of health and wealth, but their blood proved to be the seed of the church that produced a harvest a hundredfold (Matt. 13:8). It ultimately brought down the pagan Roman Empire and led to a transformation of the west. The reality is that the promises of the Old Testament as well as the principles articulated in the wisdom literature, while not guaranteed for every single person, are generally true. When one aligns his behavior with the way in which God has commanded and has ordered the world, one is generally going to live a healthier, wealthier, and blessed life. The Proverbs provide a natural wisdom concerning how the world works. Following such wisdom, regardless of whether one is a Christian or not, can, and usually does, result in temporal blessing. We do not have to spiritualize the promises and principles of the Old Testament with a New Testament perspective. Even within the Old Testament a nuanced perspective is presented in Ecclesiastes and in Job that enhances and contextualizes the Proverbs and helps us to understand that physical health and prosperity alone is vanity in the end, and that despite our best efforts to do right, God’s ways are higher than our ways and we are not privy to His divine council.

Second, Derouchie’s theology reveals a radical discontinuity between the old and new covenants when he claims that the Mosaic law conditioned the enjoyment of its original blessings on perfect obedience (163). If this is true, Israel would never have been able to step foot in the land because they would have failed the test on the first day. Temporal blessings were not and are not based on absolute and perfect obedience. Israel was not condemned to exile the moment that the first human in the land sinned. Derouchie says that the promise of blessing, which was conditional in the old covenant, is unconditional in the new because Christ has fulfilled the conditions and because all true Christians will persevere (167). However, none of these promises include the physical blessings to Israel, which Derouchie says apply only to Israel. All blessings are again spiritualized and belong to the age to come.

The final section of the book on the role of the law in the life of a Christian is even more problematic. It is telling that from the outset Derouchie admits his rejection of the classic threefold division of the law (215-7). Derouchie claims that all the Mosaic law is fulfilled in Christ, not just its ceremonial aspects, and therefore all the law has “devotional benefit” (216), but none of it is directly applicable in the present day. In Derouchie’s view, the purpose of Mosaic law for the Christian is to reveal the character of God and direct our eyes to Christ (219). Since Christ has fulfilled the requirements of the law, Christians obey the law by simply loving their neighbor and do not keep commandments because God said to, but because they want to (219). Derouchie sees no role for the law of God in any sphere beyond the Christian life. In no way are the statutes of Mosaic law, or even the wisdom of the law, directly applicable to the state “for the state is not governed by the special revelation of Scripture that alone provides the ultimate benchmark for truth and sanctifies people” (footnote, 226). On what basis then is the state to be governed? Is this of no concern to the Christian? What about “the nations” that are spoken of in Revelation? Should not Christians call on nations as corporate entities to repent and obey? Because of his baptistic views, Derouchie does not have a category for such thought because only individuals, not nations or corporate entities that can be saved. If government does not derive any authority from Biblical law and the law only serves a teaching function for the believer, any theonomic approach to the law is predicably dismissed by Derouchie. He also rejects Christian Nationalism as articulated by Stephen Wolfe but is forced to lump it in with theonomy even though Wolfe makes his case for a Christian nation on the basis of natural law principles, which in Wolfe’s view include the moral law of the Ten Commandments. (It appears that Derouchie simply has not done the reading on this topic and seems to make his argument on the basis of Neil Shenvi’s negative review of Stephen Wolfe’s book than the arguments presented by Wolfe himself.) At the end of the day, Derouchie cannot credibly reject antinomianism as he attempts to do beginning on page 229 and at the same time claim that there is no aspect of the Old Testament law that is binding. He understandably wants to distance himself from Andy Stanley but fails to state positively what he stands for.

In conclusion, the main issue with Derouchie's presentation is that it reduces the Old Testament to devotional material due to the radical distinction he assumes between the old and new covenants. In this world, old covenant worship and ceremony contributes nothing that is normative for new covenant worship. Old covenant signs and seals like circumcision tell us nothing about new covenant signs and seals like baptism. Old covenant wisdom yields no insight for enjoying temporal blessing. Old covenant law provides no discernment for administering justice in the state. On the contrary, the reality is that the Old Testament is a source of great wisdom from God that is applicable in all spheres of life in addition to pointing to the central figure of Scripture, the Son of God who lived a perfect life and died as perfect sacrifice to free us from sin so that we can obey the law and produce good works in keeping with repentance. Thus, while a work like Derouchie’s book is needed in our day, I am afraid this book falls short of the mark.

[Logan S · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book on loving the OT. One reviewer, “E,” criticizes DeRouchie’s critique of the Tripartite division of the Law and is flippant about what he says. I don’t think that’s fair. Brian Rosner’s book Paul and the Law is a very convincing book on how none of the Law is binding on believers, we are now under “The Law of Christ,” which is summed up in love for neighbor. The criticism of the Tripartite division of the Law is legitimate and has come not just from Baptist circles but also other Reformed and Presbyterian circles as well. Overall, this is a great book that will deepen your conviction that the OT is Christian Scripture to be cherished and, if like me you’re a pastor, preached, in order to give your people the whole counsel of God.

[Carsten Kates · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best Old Testament Book I’ve read. Period.

[Bobby Bonser · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, the author’s purpose is clear from the title and introduction all the way through the end; he intends to help the reader delight in their Old Testament more fully by seeing it through Christ and for Christ.

Summary:

After demonstrating the general neglect of the Old Testament due to our difficulty in understanding how it relates to New Covenant believers, the DeRouche spends the first portion of the book simply laying out the inherent value of the Old Testament as God’s Word.

Using a Biblical Theological framework, DeRouche lays out several arguments: 1. That both Old and New testament authors understood that the Old Testament was written for the New Covenant church. 2. Jesus is both the “light and lens” through which we must interpret the Old Testament, and therefore we must interpret the Bible in this way 3. Christ secures all divine promises in His person and work 4. Case studies on how to interpret Moses’ laws Christocentrically

Commentary:

I would challenge any friends who perhaps have a visceral reaction to the word "Christocentric" to pick up this book and really read it. Derouchie is not blindly dogmatic, and clearly explains that to interpret scriptures in this way is NOT making every single text somehow about Jesus directly, and is NOT irresponsible trying to manipulate scripture. He walks through many textual cases of what he means by this and what this looks like. If you still disagree after reading the book, that's OK but at least you would have considered the best arguments for a Christocentric hermeneutic and not a straw man argument.

Personally, I found DeRouche’s arguments extremely compelling as he simply walks through contextual Biblical evidence for why the only way to rightly interpret the Old Testament is through the lens of the New. God designed for it to be this way from the beginning, that “Christ’s coming supplies the answer key and the algorithm that clarify how the divine author desired all along for us to read the Old Testament. Christ becomes the lens for rightly interpreting his Bible as God intended.”
DeRouche provides a Biblical Theological framework and a very humble tone in his writing, and a true desire to see Christ magnified through all of Scripture. I appreciated his arguments, and especially his diagrams to help make sense of this hermeneutic. Later in the book, he provides some “test cases” to take specific Old Testament scriptures (Genesis and Leviticus, being two primary examples he uses) and interpret them rightly through the light and lens of Christ. This was extremely helpful for me to work through and see the thought process, reasoning, and Biblical evidence for approaching these texts in this way. I felt like I came away with not just a theoretical understanding of the concepts, but also a working (although infantile) knowledge of how to apply this correctly to the BIblial texts to ensure that I am reading them in the way God intended them to be read.

Overall, if you want to be encouraged to a renewed delight in the Old Testament, better understand the whole Bible and how to interpret Old Testament scriptures rightly, this is a book you do not want to pass up! I found it highly encouraging, and it made me excited to read the Old Testament to the glory of Christ!

DeRouche ends with these words, “ The Old Testament is Christian Scripture, and we can enjoy it best when we approach it through Christ and for Christ. The Old Testament magnifies Jesus in numerous ways, and his person and work clarify how to rightly discern the continuities and discontinuities in the progress of salvation history…”

Praise God for his unfolding progressive revelation that climaxes in Christ! May we be eager to speak of Christ, learn of Christ, and unashamedly and rightly interpret all of Scripture for the purpose of Christ and His exaltation.

[Mark Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

8.2/10 - Helpful and accessible book on how to read and interpret the OT in light of the person and work of Christ. As one who holds to a Christ-centered/redemptive interpretation of the OT myself, I am glad to see another worthy book join the field of Christ-centered hermeneutics. Goldsworthy, Greidanus, and Chapell are still the GOATs. But this was a fresh addition from a Southern Baptist bro to the field of christocentric hermeneutics. We need more people reading, teaching, and preaching the OT in light of the gospel of Christ.

Derouchie does not overspiritualize, allegorize, or play around with the text, but is faithful to understand how all the OT points to Christ and is only understand in light of the new covenant fulfilled in Christ. Luke 24:44-45, Matt 5:17, Romans 10:4, among other texts.

Derouchie helps us see how Jesus is the light and the lens of reading the OT. I found his categories for understanding how Christ fulfills the law particularly useful and careful. The first 150 pages are bit repetitive and could be shorter. That’s why it’s marked down a bit. Hungry church members, church leaders, Sunday school teachers, pastors will all benefit from this book.

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m so happy I read this book!

Pros:
- it covered so many different topics (prosperity gospel, Hebrew roots, food laws, sabbath) more than I could have imagined going into it but I’m so happy the author did
- I learned so much I did not know about the OT like it was the only Bible Jesus had etc
- I loved the ways it broke down the big story of the Bible with the kingdom acronym
- I loved how at the end the author gave specific examples of how to break down an OT law to figure out if it applies today and how
- definitely could tell the authors passion for the Scriptures
- I loved how charitable the author was when explaining with proof false teaching!

Cons:
- I don’t think I was the intended audience for this book (lol) it was a little more academic then I thought it would be
- it was more wordy than I anticipated!!

Overall I’m grateful for this book and one day when I have an at home library and I can just read books and study on end with endless coffee - I can’t wait to crack this baby open again!

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book but at times hard to follow details as requires quite a bit of depth of knowledge of scriptures.

The most relevant parts to me seem to be the practical chapters 1-13 on examples of applying the OT to our church age. 1st gives examples of not using it correctly from areas like theonomist who see the law continuing just like it did for OT Israelites. Also gives broader examples of folks and categories of error. 1) legalist or rule keepers 2) Antinomians who see all rules as irrelevant in the age of grace. 3) Those who view the OT as irrelevant all together.

The last chapter of the book is a conclusion and summaries the book with 7 key points of application:

1. Remember that the OT is Christian scripture that God gave to instruct us.

2. Interpret the OT with the same care you would the NT.

3. Treat properly the covenantal nature of the OT. This means recognize the change from OT to NT where the word testament even means covenant.

4. Remember the OT is called Old. This goes hand in hand with point 3 and is recognized as a time before Christ.

5. Read the OT through the light and lens of Christ. In order to read correctly the OT you need the light of the world in you. Only a Christian can really understand the OT. Also Christ is the lens that focuses us to understand how the OT is to be understood.

6. Consider how to faithfully see and celebrate Christ in the OT.

7. Asses how the NT writers used the OT>

[E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not terrible. Probably as good as can be expected from someone who's a baptist and thus overemphasizes discontinuity between the Old and New Testaments. Evidently the Ten Commandments are no longer legally binding. Who knew. And the red herrings regarding Westminster's tripartite division of the law (moral, civil, ceremonial) were unfortunate.

But I can't be too harsh. DeRouchie encourages delight in the OT, after all! That is no small thing. But honestly just read Dennis Johnson, Graeme Goldsworthy, etc.

[Adam Kareus · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great work which encourages Christians to appreciate and love the Old Testament. Derouchie doesn't just put forward the Old Testament as being good for the Christian to know and study, but vital for our understanding the Christian faith. He also gives good interpretation guides for how the law should be viewed by the believers of Jesus Christ.
If you have ever wondered how to relate to the Old Testament or know should one who is asking these types of questions, this book is a step in addressing all of them.

[Simon Field · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars.

An excellent resource which emphasises the role of the Old Testament as Christian Scripture as opposed to a dispensable back-story to the New Testament.

1 Peter 1:10-12
'Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that would come to you, searched and carefully investigated. They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified in advance to the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you.'

[Joel Wentz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I commend the intent of this book, but I really struggled with the approach and the general hermeneutic. Ultimately, it's too much "discontinuity" and doesn't slow down and appreciate the literary brilliance of the OT in itself, which is where I find "delight." There are some good chapters, but as a whole, this isn't the approach for me.

Full video review here: https://youtu.be/j7zNKg6RAbw

[Zachary Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very helpful book for anyone--new Christian or seasoned Christian-- to grasp a proper understanding of how to read, understand, and apply the Old Testament, but doing so as worship through and for our Lord. It is a helpful hermeneutical tool and it guides the reader, using examples, as to how to apply a right understanding of delighting in the Old Testament.

[Ben Pinkston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic guide on how to read the Old Testament as if we really believe that it is Christian Scripture. As Jesus did, we must “interpret… in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27).

[Andrew Nibbe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beutiful case, explanation, and framework for aplication of the Old Testament. A dearly needed book for this age, refeuting the New Testament only teachings, radical theonomy, and clarifying the proper aplication of OT laws for New Covenent Christians.

[Brady · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book started slow, but I really enjoyed the last third of the book. The examples that walked through the framework of interpreting and applying Old Testament content through the light and lens of Jesus was enjoyable and helpful.

[Nathan Blair · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful book that heightens my love for the Old Testament. Probably going to be one of the best books I'll read this year.

[Steven Robertson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely wonderful. Immensely helpful.

[Andrei Neacsu · Rating 5 out of 5]

O carte excelenta prin care in care explica cum credinciosul din Noul Legământ, aflat sub Legea lui Hristos, tratează Legea din Vechiul Legământ.

[Jacob Fulkerson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gold. Genuinely one of the most helpful books I’ve ever read on any subject. I am a better student of the Old Testament after reading this book.

[Steve Stanley · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite reads of 2024!

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[ECORN · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I read this book, it occurred to me that so much of what was in it was stuff I had wanted to find for so long. Truly enjoyed it and will revisit in the future.