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6 Weekly Sessions (90-minutes each)
Fridays, September 12-October 24 (no meeting on October 10)
3:00-4:30 P.M. EST
$299
In Reading with the Apostles, Benjamin Gladd and G. K. Beale will introduce lay people, students, teachers, and pastors to the apostles’ use of the Old Testament. Participants will learn how to identify the Old Testament quotations and allusions in the New Testament and then see how these connections relate to God’s plan of redemption.
The apostles’ knowledge of the Old Testament stemmed from social interaction—interaction with their parents and tight-knit Jewish communities. The Old Testament was an ever-present reality for them; it was the air they breathed. They also sat under learned teachers in the local synagogues. The apostles even learned how to interpret the Old Testament through the Old Testament itself. Israel’s Scriptures are self-referential, filled with organic connections that reach back to antecedent revelation. Old Testament narrators and prophets often turn to prior revelation to explain, condemn, or encourage the Israelites audience. Finally, and most importantly, the apostles learned how to read the Old Testament from the greatest interpreter of all time—Christ himself.
New Testament writers do not always interpret and apply the Old Testament in their writings the same way. They often reference or “use” the Old Testament to make their point—to demonstrate fulfillment, to enjoin their readers to change their behavior or to convince them of a new reality, to draw a comparison between two people groups, and so on. But at the center of the apostles’ use of the Old Testament is Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection—the interpretive key that unlocks the ultimate meaning of the Old Testament.
Required texts
Recommended reading
Are you on a church staff or considering this cohort as a group at a church? If so, we want you to check out this brief PDF that has three ideas of how to utilize this cohort as a group AND it also has instructions for deep discounts. It is our hope that these online learning cohorts will be a blessing to the church. As a result, we never want finances to hinder someone from participating. If you want to participate in this cohort and have a need, please send us an email and tell us more about your circumstances.
* Registration closes August 29, 2025
* We are unable to offer refunds for The Carson Center cohorts
* Books will be mailed starting 9/8/25
* All sessions will be recorded and available for streaming or download at your leisure in perpetuity and so if you can’t make it live or even for months the material is still readily available for you
* NOTE: we are unable to ship to those outside the USA but please use the coupon code “BOOKS15” for 15% off as our courtesy to international participants. You may also use coupon code “BOOKS15” if you DO NOT WANT the books for the cohort.
If you have any questions pertaining to signing up for your cohort, group rates, elder/preaching team rates, or church rates email [email protected].
Explain the various ways in which the apostles refer to the Old Testament. The New Testament writers often employ the Old Testament to show fulfillment, but that is not the only reason why they do so. We will discuss specific examples of the apostles’ diverse use of the Old Testament.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. ix-xiii
Instructor: G. K. Beale
The debates and presuppositions of the apostle’ use of the Old Testament. Some argue that the church today shouldn’t imitate how the apostles read the Old Testament. We will advocate, though, that the contemporary church should follow the lead of Jesus and the apostles and pattern our reading after theirs.
Instructor: G. K. Beale
This lesson will offer a brief introduction to quotations and allusions. A quotation has an intentionally high degree of verbal correspondence. It is a direct citation of an Old Testament passage that is recognizable by its clear and unique verbal parallelism. An allusion is a unique set of words that thematically correspond to a previous text and context. We will discuss how to discover these inner-biblical connections and their significance.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. vi-ix
Instructor: Benjamin Gladd
Discuss the use of the Old Testament the Gospels with particular attention to Mark’s gospel. His use of the Old Testament undergirds and frames his purpose in writing his gospel—to demonstrate that Jesus is Israel’s long-awaited king and the divine Son of God. We will discover how Mark interprets Jesus’s life through the lens of the Old Testament.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. 60-102
Instructor: Benjamin Gladd
Examine Paul’s use of the Old Testament in a few of his letters. Paul heavily draws from Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel. Paul unflinchingly places the church within the larger program of God’s redemption of Israel and the nations.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. 301-327
Instructor: Benjamin Gladd
Describe Revelation’s expansive use of the Old Testament. Though the book of Revelation only quotes the Old Testament twice, he alludes to it hundreds of times. We will also explore how John uses the Old Testament to describe the eternal state.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. 493-531
Instructor: Benjamin Gladd
In Reading with the Apostles, Benjamin Gladd and G. K. Beale will introduce lay people, students, teachers, and pastors to the apostles’ use of the Old Testament. Participants will learn how to identify the Old Testament quotations and allusions in the New Testament and then see how these connections relate to God’s plan of redemption.
The apostles’ knowledge of the Old Testament stemmed from social interaction—interaction with their parents and tight-knit Jewish communities. The Old Testament was an ever-present reality for them; it was the air they breathed. They also sat under learned teachers in the local synagogues. The apostles even learned how to interpret the Old Testament through the Old Testament itself. Israel’s Scriptures are self-referential, filled with organic connections that reach back to antecedent revelation. Old Testament narrators and prophets often turn to prior revelation to explain, condemn, or encourage the Israelites audience. Finally, and most importantly, the apostles learned how to read the Old Testament from the greatest interpreter of all time—Christ himself.
New Testament writers do not always interpret and apply the Old Testament in their writings the same way. They often reference or “use” the Old Testament to make their point—to demonstrate fulfillment, to enjoin their readers to change their behavior or to convince them of a new reality, to draw a comparison between two people groups, and so on. But at the center of the apostles’ use of the Old Testament is Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection—the interpretive key that unlocks the ultimate meaning of the Old Testament.
Required texts
Recommended reading
Are you on a church staff or considering this cohort as a group at a church? If so, we want you to check out this brief PDF that has three ideas of how to utilize this cohort as a group AND it also has instructions for deep discounts. It is our hope that these online learning cohorts will be a blessing to the church. As a result, we never want finances to hinder someone from participating. If you want to participate in this cohort and have a need, please send us an email and tell us more about your circumstances.
* Registration closes August 29, 2025
* We are unable to offer refunds for The Carson Center cohorts
* Books will be mailed starting 9/8/25
* All sessions will be recorded and available for streaming or download at your leisure in perpetuity and so if you can’t make it live or even for months the material is still readily available for you
* NOTE: we are unable to ship to those outside the USA but please use the coupon code “BOOKS15” for 15% off as our courtesy to international participants. You may also use coupon code “BOOKS15” if you DO NOT WANT the books for the cohort.
If you have any questions pertaining to signing up for your cohort, group rates, elder/preaching team rates, or church rates email [email protected].
Explain the various ways in which the apostles refer to the Old Testament. The New Testament writers often employ the Old Testament to show fulfillment, but that is not the only reason why they do so. We will discuss specific examples of the apostles’ diverse use of the Old Testament.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. ix-xiii
Instructor: G. K. Beale
The debates and presuppositions of the apostle’ use of the Old Testament. Some argue that the church today shouldn’t imitate how the apostles read the Old Testament. We will advocate, though, that the contemporary church should follow the lead of Jesus and the apostles and pattern our reading after theirs.
Instructor: G. K. Beale
This lesson will offer a brief introduction to quotations and allusions. A quotation has an intentionally high degree of verbal correspondence. It is a direct citation of an Old Testament passage that is recognizable by its clear and unique verbal parallelism. An allusion is a unique set of words that thematically correspond to a previous text and context. We will discuss how to discover these inner-biblical connections and their significance.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. vi-ix
Instructor: Benjamin Gladd
Discuss the use of the Old Testament the Gospels with particular attention to Mark’s gospel. His use of the Old Testament undergirds and frames his purpose in writing his gospel—to demonstrate that Jesus is Israel’s long-awaited king and the divine Son of God. We will discover how Mark interprets Jesus’s life through the lens of the Old Testament.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. 60-102
Instructor: Benjamin Gladd
Examine Paul’s use of the Old Testament in a few of his letters. Paul heavily draws from Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel. Paul unflinchingly places the church within the larger program of God’s redemption of Israel and the nations.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. 301-327
Instructor: Benjamin Gladd
Describe Revelation’s expansive use of the Old Testament. Though the book of Revelation only quotes the Old Testament twice, he alludes to it hundreds of times. We will also explore how John uses the Old Testament to describe the eternal state.
Readings: Connecting Scripture, pgs. 493-531
Instructor: Benjamin Gladd
6 Weekly Sessions (90-minutes each)
Fridays, September 12-October 24 (no meeting on October 10)
3:00-4:30 P.M. EST
$299