Roots Of Our Faith

Roots of Our Faith
As Christians, why do we need the Old Testament when we have the New Testament? This is a
question often asked in modern day Christianity. This is also the question which seems to provoke the
writing of The Old Testament Roots of Our Faith, by Paul and Elizabeth Achtemeier. The Achtemeiers
point out in their book that in modern day thinking we view God as a loving father (pg. 1-2), rather than the
God of the Old Testament who seems to act in jealousy over his own power with the destruction of
everything. So why then do we read the Old Testament? The final reason is "We can’t understand the
nature of Christians unless we understand Israel."(pg.5) according to the Achtemeiers, and Israel as pointed
out throughout the book is the root of all Christianity today. The main purpose behind this book is to
provide us with a rope which connects us and our New Testament thinking to the Old Testament. The
single main theme that conveys this thinking is that throughout all God has k!
ept his word with mercy and love.
Achtemeier shows us this link by basically giving us an entire overview of the Old Testament in a
form which ties to the coming of Jesus Christ as the Son of God. We can believe God’s link to Jesus Christ
and the world today, by the point, through everything God has gone through he has remained true to his
word or covenants. God’s greatest creation, man, rebelling against his own authority has been the cause for
most of the problems i...

Roots Of Our Faith

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