| Though it is little used today, especially since we have the completed Word of God, it was evident in the New Testament apostolic times. |
| The churches of the New Testament period had just the same problems as we do today. |
| The New Testament records that observant Judeans wore decorations called tassels on their garments. |
| One was the restorationist impulse, the impulse to order contemporary church life as closely as possible to the life of New Testament churches. |
| But the Talmud in its own way is just as radical in its reinterpretation of Scripture as is the New Testament. |
| Without once explicitly citing Israel's scriptures, it contains more allusions thereto than any other New Testament writing. |
