{"id":4036,"date":"2019-05-04T16:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T21:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2019-05-04T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T21:05:37","slug":"does-it-fit-old-testament-and-new-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=4036","title":{"rendered":"DOES IT FIT ? – – – OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set aside for a moment, never-ending debating with “I believe . . . You believe.”<\/p>\n

That approach usually does not persuade the other side, but strengthens each side in their belief.<\/p>\n

Observers of the debate can sometimes benefit in deciding what to believe and\/or gaining confidence.<\/p>\n

– – –<\/p>\n

Independent of debate, it is intellectually reasonable to study the Old Testament and the New Testament with one simple question:<\/p>\n

Do they fit together?<\/p>\n

Study Honestly<\/p>\n

Study Objectively<\/p>\n

Study Logically<\/p>\n

Study Literarily<\/p>\n

Study Historically<\/p>\n

Study Archeologically<\/p>\n

Study Theologically<\/p>\n

Study Prophetically<\/p>\n

Then decide—to put your faith in the message and God of the whole Bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Set aside for a moment, never-ending debating with “I believe . . . You believe.” That approach usually does not persuade the other side, but strengthens each side in their belief. Observers of the debate can sometimes benefit in deciding what to believe and\/or gaining confidence. – – – Independent of debate, it is intellectually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-faith_based","category-inspire_lifter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4037,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions\/4037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}