Which part of the Bible do you prefer? Well I believe both are indispensible. There is an old sentence that puts it succinctly, "The New is in the Old concealed, the Old is in the New revealed." The Old Testament looks toward the new and promises the Messiah and when we get to the New we see prophecy after prophecy fulfilled.
Don't make the mistake of discarding any of the Bible. If you discard one part you will find that action undermines another part. If you don't read the whole of your Bible you will miss out on wonderful revelations of who our great God is. Don't miss out, but dig deep into every part of the Bible, God's word for you.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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