Round the Sphere Again: Books
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 8:41PM 
Redemptive History
In Nancy Guthrie’s Discovering Jesus in the Old Testatment, the reader is led through the Old Testament, day by day for a whole year, in order to “see the beauty of Christ in fresh new ways.”
Only in recent years,” says Guthrie, “have I begun to understand that the Bible is one story of God’s accomplishing redemption through Christ. Honestly, writing this book was my way of re-orienting the way I have found instruction and hope in the Old Testament. I worked my way through the Old Testament asking how each passage pictured Christ’s person or work or pointed to a need that only he would meet.”
Here are 10 sample pages (pdf).
I’m most excited about this: Nancy Guthrie is also working on 5 books introducing redemptive history to women’s Bible study, starting with The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis that comes out at the end of July.
You can hear her discuss this planned series of studies in today’s The Connected Kingdom podcast.
Two Words That Change Everything
David Kjos has a mini-review of May’s featured book from Cruciform Press, “But God…” The Two Words at the Heart of the Gospel by Casey Lute.
Reader Comments (6)
I'm excited about Guthrie's bible study books for women. Her books sounds a lot like what Kathleen Nielson talks about.
Those sound like something that's really needed, don't they?
I pre-ordered the first one from Amazone. I could not resist!
I'm not sure how, but I somehow came home from The Gospel Coalition with an advanced reader copy of The Promised One. It's currently in my towering "to-read" stack (which is starting to mock me).
I'm jealous.:)
I can't wait for Nancy Guthrie's new studies! Her "Hoping for Something Better" on Hebrews is excellent.