Ronald J. Allen and John C. Holbert provide a new model for approaching Old Testament texts and a step-by-step model for applying it. They address what seems to be an insurmountable problem for preaching how the confession that Jesus is Lord affects our reaching and preaching from the Old Testament. Their work attempts to explore how the Hebrew Bible is - and is not - instructive for the Christian church. This book will help pastors and students clarify how the texts of the Hebrew Bible can be used appropriately in the proclamation of the gospel.