Michael Kruger has a fabulous article explaining why recent attempt to ditch or diminish the Old Testament in the teaching of the Christian church are wrong-headed.
Kruger explains:
I think it’s worth taking a deep breath and stepping back for a moment to remind ourselves of the big picture. Regardless of how one handles these individual objections from the OT (and I am not trying to answer them here), we need to remember why the OT matters in the first place. Here are three reasons why the OT might actually matter a lot more than we think.
His three reasons are:
- The Old Testament is the Framework of the Work of Christ
- The OT is the Framework for Our Identity as Believers
- The Old Testament is a Guide for the Christian Life
In short: Without the Old Testament, you cannot understand who Jesus is, what he has done, or what he wants you to do to follow him.
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