When you read the Bible, do you go by the Old Testament or........

hello chrystaltears, i think both are equally important, for they are interrelated to each other. i think a bible is not a bible when one is missing. actually, i also like reading the old testament specially the provers, coz from there we can really learn many things about life and how we should live our life and its really inspirational...

Yes, I believe, the Old Testament is just as valuable as the New. Some people makes mistake of disregarding the Old especially the Ten Commandments or the Moral Law written in the book of Exodus. Jesus said, I came not to destroy the Law, but to fulfill it. :)

Let us hope that the Old Testament is not valuable as the New Testament. The Old Testament is full of horrible rules like Deuteronomy Chapter 22:28-29 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found. Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. Boy nothing sound like a great deal than having to marry the man who rapped you. You also got to love the punishment, 50 shekels. Also the Old Testament is full of none sense like Deuteronomy 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. So under the Laws of Moses if your male private parts have been crushed or cut off then you cannot go to church. Also from the same chapter we learn what kind of nationality is allowed to go to church. Let us all hope that God goes by the New Testament and not the Old Testament.

As I learned in church, the Old testament is for our learning to what happened back then and the New Testament is the gospel. You can learn some valuable lessons in the stories of both testaments. Right now in Sunday School, we are learning about Judges. The lessons are on Samson right now and how God worked through him.

neither the old nor the new testaments are more important than the other they both in the same book there is valuable information in BOTH testaments

I read the holy Bible from Genesis to Revelation. We should read both the old testament and New testament. We have so many advices in old testament also. So we should regularly the whole bible.

The old testament is quite important because the books relate to us the history of salvation. The individual stories are really spectacular and I have come to list some favorites... like Ruth for loyalty and love story, or David and Jonathan for friendship and brotherhood. Books like Numbers and Chronicles could be sleepers but they also provide accounting and journals, ha ha. Try reading from the very beginning. Read slowly and read only with pleasure. When you are tired, stop. Resume when you are relaxed. Happy reading!

Hi chrystaltears, i read the new testament more often, but i do read the old testament sometimes. I try to make it a habit to read the bible, even 2-3 verses with my children every night before going to bed, but these days i don't know how? but we've stopped this habit, but i hope to revive it again.