Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is the first lesson in Dr. Lane G. Tipton and Rev. Adam York’s Reformed Academy course, The Unfolding Mystery: A Reader’s Guide. It was originally recorded for one of Reformed Forum’s International Cohort Reading Groups. This lesson covers the Introduction of Edmund P. Clowney’s The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, addressing the following topics:

00:00 The Bible as a Grand Story about Jesus Christ
03:17 John 1:1–5 and The Eternal Son
12:44 Elijah and John the Baptist
26:03 Luke’s Genealogy and the Last Adam
36:49 The Divine Authorship of the Bible
52:04 Typology and David and Goliath

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