[Series Preface] The ultimate goal of Short Studies in Biblical Theology is to magnify the Savior and to build up his church--magnifying the Savior through showing how the whole Bible points to him and his gracious rescue of helpless sinners; and building up the church by strengthening believers in their grasp of these life-giving truths.

[Introduction] May your studies in the Scriptures draw you closer to the God who has come near to human beings in Christ and has, in the Son of God, given undeserving sinners nothing less than himself.

And as we taste of Christ in his covenant meal again adn again, we will find ourselves saying with Paul, "Maranatha"--"Our Lord, come!" (1 Cor. 16:22).