In this bonus episode, Chad Bird joins Kelsi in person to discuss his newest book, Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament, which is out next week!
Hitchhiking with Prophets follows the characters of the Old Testament as they guide us to Christ. Kelsi and Chad talk about why Chad wrote this book, who the book is for, and what he hopes to leave readers with.
Chad Bird is a Scholar in Residence at 1517. He has served as a pastor, professor, and guest lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew. He holds master's degrees from Concordia Theological Seminary and Hebrew Union College. He has contributed articles to Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Modern Reformation, The Federalist, Lutheran Forum, and other journals and websites. He is also the author of several books, including The Christ Key & Limping with God.
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
01:30 From a Cowboy to an Old Testament Scholar
03:33 The Big Picture of the Old Testament
06:00 Who Chad Wrote Hitchhiking the Prophets for
11:40 Telling the Story through God’s Prophets
14:50 Including the Intertestamental period
18:40 Getting to Jesus and getting Jesus
23:25 OT and NT: Discontinuity or Consistency?
30:00 What suffering and sin in the Old Testament give us
37:54 Slow revelation of God and the full revelation of God
40:00 Chad’s hope for readers of Hitchhiking with Prophets
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