So, What Did Jesus Think about the Old Testament?

The Old Testament has run into some hard times as of late.  It’s seen by many as a curmudgeonly, legalistic, violent, confusing, and, maybe most of all, boring sort of book. As the atheist Richard Dawkins famously opined, “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all of fiction.”

On top of these sorts of complaints are questions about the historical veracity of the Old Testament. Are we really supposed to believe in a literal Adam and Eve?  A global flood?  Sodom and Gomorrah?  People struggle to believe these sorts of things really happened.

Sadly, however, the critiques don’t come from just non-Christians. Even believers, …

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