Comments on: Atheists: Forget the Old Testament http://aldenswan.com/2009/06/forget-the-old-testament/ free speech, critical thinking, and really good coffee Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:33:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rev. W. R. Martin http://aldenswan.com/2009/06/forget-the-old-testament/comment-page-1/#comment-6907 Rev. W. R. Martin Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:09:22 +0000 http://aldenswan.com/?p=660#comment-6907 I really enjoyed your post. I am constantly attacked by atheist and they always talk about the bible and its contradictions but they can never point them out. Also, they love to bring up the old testament and the Mosaic Law. Also, I believe Paul was referring to the process of sanctification as we are being conformed into the image of Christ but it will not be complete until we are freed from the flesh and receive our new bodies after the second coming of Christ. I really enjoyed your post. I am constantly attacked by atheist and they always talk about the bible and its contradictions but they can never point them out. Also, they love to bring up the old testament and the Mosaic Law. Also, I believe Paul was referring to the process of sanctification as we are being conformed into the image of Christ but it will not be complete until we are freed from the flesh and receive our new bodies after the second coming of Christ.

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]]> By: Steve Martin http://aldenswan.com/2009/06/forget-the-old-testament/comment-page-1/#comment-3711 Steve Martin Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:29:06 +0000 http://aldenswan.com/?p=660#comment-3711 I think that the N.T. ought be used to interpret the Old. I agree that a much clearer picture of Biblical truth (Jesus) is painted in the N.T. If I could have only one, I would pick the N.T. hands down. Luther (and others) said that certain books in the Bible carry more weight than others. The Gospels, Romans, Ephesians, Galatians, etc. These books contain a strong picture of Law and Gospel. They show us our need of a savior and the Savior we need. I agree with you, Alden! I think that the N.T. ought be used to interpret the Old.

I agree that a much clearer picture of Biblical truth (Jesus) is painted in the N.T.

If I could have only one, I would pick the N.T. hands down.

Luther (and others) said that certain books in the Bible carry more weight than others.

The Gospels, Romans, Ephesians, Galatians, etc. These books contain a strong picture of Law and Gospel. They show us our need of a savior and the Savior we need.

I agree with you, Alden!

]]> By: Fred http://aldenswan.com/2009/06/forget-the-old-testament/comment-page-1/#comment-3700 Fred Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:11:40 +0000 http://aldenswan.com/?p=660#comment-3700 Your emphasis on the the NT as the more complete revelation is right on. But I would add that it, too, is incomplete. In his first letter to the Corinthians Paul writes of the end of the age: "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." Even the presence of the Holy Spirit is only a foretaste of what is to come. The two testaments, then, are a continuum of revelation. Each is trustworthy for what it is, but neither is complete. I don't have problems with the Old Testament as a revelatory source, nor do I shy away from the complex picture of God drawn there. For a literary Bible guy, the Old Testament is at times much more interesting and vibrant, being, as it is, a description rather than an explication. Rock on. Your emphasis on the the NT as the more complete revelation is right on. But I would add that it, too, is incomplete. In his first letter to the Corinthians Paul writes of the end of the age: “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” Even the presence of the Holy Spirit is only a foretaste of what is to come. The two testaments, then, are a continuum of revelation. Each is trustworthy for what it is, but neither is complete.

I don’t have problems with the Old Testament as a revelatory source, nor do I shy away from the complex picture of God drawn there. For a literary Bible guy, the Old Testament is at times much more interesting and vibrant, being, as it is, a description rather than an explication.

Rock on.

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