The Ancient Love Song: Finding Christ in the Old Testament

Charles D. Drew (BA, Harvard University; MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia) serves as the Senior Pastor at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Manhattan. He and his wife, Jean, have two grown children.

Christians have a difficult time with the Old Testament. First, they need to be convinced that it is relevant to their faith and life. Second, they need help to read this ancient book according to its divinely-given intention. Charles Drew’s Ancient Love Song is a well-written and persuasive case for the continuing relevance of the Old Testament. At the heart of the Old Testament, according to Drew, is Jesus Christ himself! Drew pursues Christ in the history, wisdom, law, prophecy, and poetry of the Old Testament, and in the process we are invited to a life-long meditation on what constitutes more than three-quarters of God’s Word. Ancient Love Song deserves wide circulation because it can enrich every believer’s relationship to the Bible.

Here at last may be a book that many have been waiting for. . . . [The Ancient Love Song is] an engaging and readable book that will help many understand the Old Testament better—and learn how to meet Christ in it.