Jason and Tom finish our look at promises found in the Old Testament. In this podcast, we consider the final two of the four ways that Jesus makes every promise “yes.” We’ve been going through Jason’s new book, Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ. This will be a great help to you as you consider how we can and must use the Old Testament.

Jason and Tom continue our look at promises found in the Old Testament. Today, we consider two of the four ways that Jesus makes every promise “yes.” Along with the Scriptures, this Tom and Jason use Jason’s new book, "Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ."

This episode continues our look at promises found in the Old Testament. Today, Tom and Jason consider five principles that shape how the New Testament authors relate Old Testament promises to Christians.

Tom and Jason consider the importance of promises in the Bible. As we’ll learn today, we absolutely need promises. They are a gift from God for believers in this present age. This theme is of major importance, and we’ll be considering it for the next few weeks. Why do we have promises from God? What benefit do they bring to us? How do the New Testament authors apply promises spoken in the Old Testament to believers living under the New Covenant?

Today, we continue looking at the Law of Moses and the Christian. More specifically, we look at an instance in the New Testament where we can see the coming of Jesus resulting in a transformation of the Law. Jason and Tom work through Paul’s instructions to the church in 1 Corinthians 5 which were clearly based upon a law in Deuteronomy 22. How did Paul arrive at his conclusions in the law’s application for the church?

Today, we continue looking at the Law of Moses and the Christian. As we talked about last week in our podcast titled “How Jesus Makes Moses’s Law Matter," the coming of Jesus changes the way God’s people relate to the law of Moses. We need to relate to the law, but the coming of Jesus changes the way we relate to it. Today, we look at a three-step process to help the Christian apply laws today.

Today’s podcast focuses on the Law of Moses and the Christian. As we talked about in previous podcasts, Moses saw a day coming when God’s people would obey the law. By this, he meant the law recorded in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Yet Christ has come. How has his coming changed the way God’s people relate to the Law of Moses? Tom and Jason talk about the three R’s New Testament authors used when thinking about the Law. They also talk about two images Jason uses to help...

Tom and Jason talk about the light and the lens necessary in order to fully understand the content in the Old Testament. In Old Testament times, the people who loved God had the light. That was sufficient for the needs of the people at that time. It did not, however, reveal with 100% clarity the truths contained within the Old Testament. The coming of Christ gave a particular lens to New Covenant believers allowing them to read the Old Testament based upon the coming of the Lord Jesus.

Today’s podcast is the counterpart to last week’s podcast, where we talked about the New Testament’s perspective on the Old Testament’s audience and comprehension. Today, Tom and Jason talk about the Old Testament’s perspective on the Old Testament. Specifically, what can we learn from Moses, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel? What did they say about the audience in their day? What did they know about those who would hear in the future? This subject highlights the importance of the Old Testament...

Tom and Jason talk about the New Testament’s perspective on the Old Testament. It turns out the New Testament authors had a lot to say about what, for them, was their only Bible. Hopefully, today’s podcast will make you want to pick up the Old Testament and read. Or, if you’re a preacher, to use the text in your preaching. You’ll find a whole chapter on this topic in Jason’s new book, Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ. We’ll put a link to the book in our show notes.

Today, Jason and Tom talk about training pastors and leaders using Hands to the Plow’s picture based curriculum. Why do we teach in this way? What benefit does it bring to those preaching and teaching? To see the curriculum for yourself, go to handstotheplow.org. You’ll also find a link to the curriculum and to our Preacher’s Guides in our show notes.

Tom interviews Bob McCoy from Vessels of Mercy Ministries regarding churches and training pastors and leaders in south and southeast Asia.

Today, Tom interviews Jeff Mooney, professor of Old Testament at California Baptist University. Dr. Mooney presented a paper at the Evangelical Theological Society comparing the large amount of laments found in the book of Psalms and the relative lack of laments found in Christian songs sung in churches. Why does this lack of lament matter? Jason and Tom thought this topic demanded our attention.

In this final episode in our month in Deuteronomy, Jason and Tom focus on Moses's explicit predictions of salvation found in Deuteronomy 30. This podcast includes references to many OT and NT Scriptures.

In this third episode in our month in Deuteronomy, Tom and Jason focus on "The Promise Made." God will do what Israel can’t in circumcising their hearts and empowering love for the sake of their lives.

Today is the second podcast in our Month in Deuteronomy. The four podcasts in this series all have titles starting with the letter P. Last week, Jason and Tom talked about “the Plea.” Today, Jason and Tom talk about "The Problem: Israel’s Hard Heartedness.” Key texts focused on today include Deuteronomy 9 and 29.

This is the first in a series of four podcasts on Deuteronomy. In this month, we cover four major themes, all start with the letter P. Today, Tom and Jason will look at “The Plea.” As he did for our Month in the Psalms, Month in the Servant Songs, and Month in Ruth podcasts, Mark Yaeger has created an album cover to go with this series. You’ll find a link to the pdf of this album cover in our show notes.

The book of Ruth repeats the exodus story making it a new exodus. In Ruth, Naomi and Ruth are led out of exile and find a full and satisfying life because of the Davidic line. These connections back to the exodus teach us that Ruth is far more than just a sweet love story that leads to the eventual birth of David. Since Ruth is a new exodus story, this book is looking forward to a future day when Jew and Gentile together will enjoy life under the reign of Jesus, the Davidic king.

The book of Ruth belongs to the larger story of the Old Testament, therefore we should see that David's birth is pointing to Jesus's coming as the Lion from the tribe of Judah.

Ruth revolves around two main problems: food and family. What Naomi needs is for God to fill her empty stomach with food and especially her empty family with the birth of a little boy. But how do Naomi's need for bread and a boy relate? Questions like this encourage us to begin considering how Jesus, the promised descendant of Ruth and Naomi comes to us as the Bread of Life. He, like Obed, brings a satisfaction that goes far beyond anything bread could ever give us.

Today, we begin a four-part series titled “A Month in Ruth.” In this first podcast in the series, we focus on the book of Ruth’s position in the Bible. Why did this little book appear in different places in the order of books? In this podcast, we look at three different places people have put Ruth in the Bible. Join us as we try to figure out why Ruth appeared after Judges, before Psalms, and after Proverbs in different lists. As with our series on Psalms and on the Servant Songs in Isaiah,...

What two factors allowed certain Christians to resist the spread of Islam when others professing Christ turned to Islam quite quickly? Tom interviews Joe and Christy Allen about a paper Joe delivered at the Evangelical Theological Society.

Tom and Jason focus on idolatry. What is it? How does it differ from worship of the one true God? How does it tempt people? The podcast begins with a look at idolatry in the Old Testament and in the history of Israel. It concludes with a look at seven features making this false and dangerous worldview enticing to so many.

Jason reflects on the ways God has worked in his life. He especially focuses on the way God has worked in his life and God's grace at various points in his journey.

Today, Tom interviews pastor Andrew Melton about his approach to preaching difficult passages. Andrew walks us through specific steps he takes when he knows his interpretation of a passage will challenge the accepted beliefs of some in the church. This conversation should be a help to pastors, elders, and church members.