The Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Durham on the OT

NT Wright gave an interview in Australia recently where he was asked about the importance of the Old Testament and gave a delightful answer.

"Trying to get the message of the New Testament without the Old Testament is trying to make a tree stand up without a root system. Many Christians ignore the Old Testament and profit still from the fact that this tree is still flowering and bearing fruit. But in fact if you try cutting off that root system, you’ll find the tree falls down dead pretty soon."

Now can't you see Steinmetz going off for 20 minutes on an analogy like that. "There was this spruce tree in Germany when I was studying there with my wife and newborn daughter and I said, 'Der ist ein sehr großer Baum...'"