Join Philip Yancey as he explores these sometimes shocking, often cryptic divine writings.

You will come to know God more intimately, anticipate Jesus more fervently, and find a wonderful, wise companion for your faith journey.

Challenging the perception that the New Testament is much more important than the Old, the author suggests that by reading the Scriptures that Jesus so revered gives believers a profound new understanding of Christ. He claims the more we comprehend the Old Testament, the more we comprehend Jesus.

The Old Testament is God's biography, the story of his passionate encounters with people. It is also a prequel to the story of Jesus, who came to the answer the questions that troubled the ancient writers and still trouble us today. For expressing our deepest longings and voicing the full range of our lives and emotions, the Old Testament has no equal.