Lane Tipton on How the New Testament Helps Us Teach the Old Testament Rightly

In this episode of Help Me Teach the Bible, Lane Tipton, associate professor of systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, walks us through key passages in the New Testament that reveal how Jesus, Paul, and Peter train us to read and understand the Old Testament. He then applies these insights to key passages in the Old Testament including David and Goliath, Abraham and Isaac, the Psalms, and Isaiah 52–53.

Here are some additional audio resources you may find helpful on how the New Testament helps us understand the Old Testament:

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Christ in All the Scriptures lectures by Edmund Clowney
Introduction to Biblical Theology by D. A. Carson
Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament interviews with Nancy Guthrie on The White Horse Inn
The Vos Group: Lane Tipton and Camden Bucey work through Gerhardas Vos’s biblical theology on Reformed Forum

For further study, here are some books you may find helpful, including titles from Crossway, the sponsor of Help Me Teach the Bible:

The Unfolding Mystery by Edmund Clowney
Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments by Gerhardas Vos
Jesus on Every Page by David Murray
The Scriptures Testify About Me
Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series by Nancy Guthrie

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Nancy Guthrie (MATS, Reformed Theological Seminary) teaches the Bible at her home church, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as at conferences around the country and internationally, including through her Biblical Theology Workshop for Women. She is the author of numerous books and the host of the Help Me Teach the Bible podcast from The Gospel Coalition. She and her husband founded Respite Retreats for couples who have faced the death of a child, and they’re cohosts of the GriefShare video series.

Lane G. Tipton (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is Charles W. Krahe Chair Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is co-editor of Resurrection and Eschatology: Theology in Service of the Church and Revelation and Reason: New Essays in Reformed Apologetics.