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About

This is an abridged edition of Walking with Jesus through His Word (P&R, 2015). 

The Bible’s sixty-six books form one overarching story—the story of a Hero and his heroic missions. And this story is personal, focusing on the relationship of God and his people in the past, present, and future.

On this eye-opening journey through the Old and New Testaments, Dennis Johnson shows how pervasive, recurring themes are always pointing us to Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of all God’s promises and all humanity’s hopes and longings. He shows us how to read on the alert, paying attention to the clues, examining their context, and interpreting them correctly.

The story of Christ is the most important story of all. Meditate on the beautiful unity of God’s redemptive plan, and let your heart be kindled to flame with love for the Lord who came to serve us in love.

Endorsements

“Read this book and you’ll never read the Book the same way again.”

—Michael S. Horton

“An outstandingly helpful book.”

—Sinclair B. Ferguson

“We are in need of . . . a complete reorientation to how to read and understand the Bible with Christ at the center. That’s exactly what Dennis Johnson provides to us in this book.”

—Nancy Guthrie

“Discover the many glorious ways in which the Old Testament points to Jesus as its goal.”

—G. K. Beale

“A great resource that will enable all cultures to learn, and delight in, the grace that threads through the Bible from beginning to end.”

—Bryan Chapell

The Author

Dennis E. Johnson

Dennis E. Johnson (ThM, Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) taught New Testament and practical theology at Westminster Seminary California for more than thirty-five years. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, the author of Him We Proclaim and of commentaries on Acts, Philippians, Hebrews, and Revelation (Triumph of the Lamb), and a contributor to several study Bibles and other books. He and his wife, Jane, live in Dayton, Tennessee. 

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