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Originally Posted by Contra_Mundum  Remember, Christ is in ALL the Scriptures. No matter where you start, you can find a way to him without contortions. Concerning the Law and the prophets, "These are they which testify of me." |
Yes, that's true. But, for a new believer - especially one who wouldn't know a Bible from a Buick - sending him or her to the New Testament makes more sense, in my opinion, since that is where Christ is most obviously present. For a brand new believer, the Old Testament looks like a vast ocean of text. (Heck, for too many
Christians, the Old Testament looks that way!) As with your reference to the Gospel of John, Bruce, I'd be compassionate on a new, biblically illiterate Christian, and send him or her to the New Testament first.
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