In the context of scriptural illiteracy, i.e. dealing with people with minimal or no Christian heritage, I have a personal aversion to presenting the NT stories at all without laying an OT foundation. Yet I see most mission groups focusing on the NT, handing out NT freely or highly subsidized to non-believers and new believers. Bible translators generally translate one of the gospels first; frequently the entire NT is published before the OT. Is it not an act of arrogance to reverse the divine order of revelation? Am I missing something?

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Mary Vanderkooi
Kale Heywott Church (KHC)
Soddo, Ethiopia