The Word became Fresh

The Old Testament can be quite hard to read and understand. We all like stories but sometimes we get so caught up in the stories that we miss the point the Old Testaments narrative is making about God, his purposes and his future.

So when a book that is easy to read interesting and establishes sound principles for looking at such texts comes along it deserves reading. Dale Ralph Davis is an excellent expositor of the Old Testament and he has helpfully written 'The Word became Fresh'. Though designed for the preacher it is a great tool for anyone wanting to learn how to look at the Old Testament. The chapters on how to approach Old Testament narrative and reading with God at the centre are worth the price of the book on its own.

It's one book that I will keep returning to when having to preach Old Testament narrative or just reading it in my quiet times.