What do we make of the last 12 verses of Mark 16? More importantly, how might we respond when someone asks us about weird stuff like snake handling and drinking poison?
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Interview: Why is the Old Testament so important to know? with Jeff Olson, author of The King Will Come
#1215: How did Jesus promise the New Testament? | John 14 | Lamentations 4-5
You don’t have to look too hard to see Jesus affirm the Old Testament — both in whole when he used a phrase like “the law and the prophets,” and specifically when he affirmed the veracity of stories quoted many prophets by name. Oh, and directly quoted from 24 of the 39 books. But the New Testament? Wasn’t that written after his death?