Deeper Conference 2010 Recap, Part 3: Todd Friel

If I could get you to read this at two-hundred words per minute, you might get some sense of what it was like to listen to Todd Friel speak at Deeper.  Todd's "cutting room floor" must be very clean, because if he cut anything from his talk it was this: his plan to pause here and there for effect.


Taking notes when Todd speaks is why people invented short-hand, that dying art for the few people who actually captured more than 25% of what he said.  For those of you who regularly listen to Todd on the Wretched Radio program, I have encouraging news for you: he can stick to the point! (For those of you who do not listen to Wretched Radio, you will not understand this insider reference and, by the way, you should find time to listen.  Click on the Wretched with Todd Friel banner for information.)

Don't take my opening comments the wrong way.  I'm having fun commenting on the experience of listening to Todd Friel at the 2010 Deeper conference, but in all seriousness, it was a wonderful guided tour through Scripture to see how Christ is woven throughout the Old Testament.

Todd, for example, described how Adam is a 'type and shadow' of Christ.  The term type and shadow refers to an Old Testament person , event, or thing that points to the coming Messiah or helps us understand the Messiah, whom we now know as Jesus the Christ.  As an example, the book of Romans compares Christ to Adam.  If you study Romans 5:12-16, you will get some appreciation for the comparison between the two.  Adam, as the first human, represented all mankind; Jesus (God in fully human form) represented God the Father.  Adam was tested in the garden and failed; Jesus was tested is the desert and was obedient.  Sin entered the world through Adam, resulting in death; Christ took upon those sins on the cross and the free gift of grace entered the world through Him. In Adam, condemnation; in Christ, justification.

We have the blessing of looking back over the history of progressive revelation, and we can appreciate and learn from the types and shadows to be found.  But, Todd's talk also included a warning!

Todd cautioned that we need to avoid the mistake of seeing Christ where He is not to be found.  In other words, do not twist scripture to make every verse about Him.  Take care to look for types and shadows of Christ from a New Testament perspective.

I simply have too many notes to go into detail on Todd's full presentation.  However, I highly recommend that you obtain a copy of this talk (and all of the Deeper presentations).  CD's and DVD's should eventually be available for order on the IND Duplication web site.  Keep an eye out for them.